Amy Adejokun
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Flora
57% of the land is forest land.
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The flora is mostly represented by the forest which covers 57 % of the whole territory. Teak wood (70 % of the world's stock) and rubber trees are a source of wealth for the country. The other types of woods are coconut, oak, bamboo, pine and mangrove.
Flora
A bamboo forest
Other tree species include the coconut, oak, bamboo, pine and mangrove.
© Kjersti Jørgensen / age fotostock
Mangrove
The forest holds most of the flora.
© View Stock / age fotostock
Teak
Burma is home to 70% of the world's teak reserves.
© Wong Sze Fei / age fotostock
A rice paddy
The Irrawaddy Delta, the rice granary of Burma.
© Thomas Brenner / age fotostock
A rubber tree
Rubber trees represent a source of wealth for the country.
© Ricardo Aguiar
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