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It is also found near the coast in Kenya and Tanzania, often on coral rag. [1] [3] Swamp forest grows in limited areas in the coastal lowlands, often inland from coastal mangroves and exending along the lower reaches of rivers. Barringtonia racemosa is the predominant tree. Swamp forests of Raffia palm grow in low-lying areas of Pemba Island. [1]
The Flora of Tropical East Africa (FTEA) is a catalogue of all 12,104 known wild plant species in Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. The project began in 1948 and was finally completed in September 2012. Approximately 1,500 new plant species were described, by 135 botanists from 21 countries. [1]
The Sudanian savanna or Sudan region is a broad belt of tropical savanna that runs east and west across the African continent, from the Ethiopian Highlands in the east to the Atlantic Ocean in the west. It represents the central bioregion within the broader tropical savanna biome of the Afrotropical realm.
The area slopes from south to north, starting at about 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) near the Angolan border and falling to about 500 metres (1,600 ft) near the basin. [1] Vegetation cover in the southern uplands territory is more varied than that of the northern uplands. [1] In some areas, woodland is dominant; in others, savanna grasses predominate ...
Most of the Afrotropical realm, except for Africa's southern tip, has a tropical climate. A broad belt of deserts, including the Atlantic and Sahara deserts of northern Africa and the Arabian Desert of the Arabian Peninsula, separates the Afrotropic from the Palearctic realm, which includes northern Africa and temperate Eurasia.
East Tropical Africa. This category contains articles related to the native flora of East Tropical Africa.. For the purposes of this category, "East Tropical Africa" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), namely as a region within the botanical continent of Africa that includes the following areas, typically defined by the ...
To the east, the coastal forests transition to the Northwestern Congolian lowland forests, part of the vast Congolian rainforests complex that covers the Congo Basin. The Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic bounds the Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests to the southeast. This is a tropical ecoregion receiving high rainfall throughout the ...
The mangroves include tall trees, up to 30m. Compared to Central African mangroves of West Africa, mangroves of East Africa have a greater variety of vegetation with two distinctive types: the mangroves on the coast itself such as the birdwatching site Mida Creek near the Arabuko Sokoke National Park and the town of Watamu, and the Lamu Archipelago both in Kenya, which are fed by constant ...