Zingana Seeds

Zingana Seeds 

Zingana is a large tree that can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is relatively short for a tree of this size, usually only up to 15 metres long and 120 - 150cm in diameter over short buttresses[

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A speciality and very valuable timber tree, harvested from the wild, often for export, although little logging is taking place at present[

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Populations in many places are small and scattered, with less than one individual per square kilometre[

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