Merkus pine
Sumatran pine
pinus merkusii latin

Pinus merkusii, the Sumatran Pine.

Its name is derived from the abundance of Sumatran Pine trees in the area, known in the local Zambal dialect as tapulao.

From the Himalaya and Southeast Asia, with one species (Sumatran Pine) just crossing the Equator in Sumatra,.

Sumatran Pine (Pinus merkusii) Of these, Sumatran pine is a vulnerable species.

Indigenous plant life include numerous species of flowering plants including the endangered phayom, Hopea ferrea and Dalbergia oliveri, the vulnerable Hopea odorata and Sumatran Pine, and a variety of conifers and clubmosses.

One species (Sumatran Pine) crosses the equator in Sumatra to 2 S. In North America, they range from 66 N to 12 N. A number of introduced species have become invasive, threatening native ecosystems.

This ecoregion is one of the rare areas of pine forest in the tropics with the dominant species Sumatran Pine (Pinus merkusii), which has become established in areas where rainforest has been disturbed throughout history by events including landslides and forest fires as well as human clearance.

Unique species include the Sumatran Pine which dominates the Sumatran tropical pine forests of the higher mountainsides in the north of the island and rainforest plants such as Rafflesia arnoldii (the world's largest individual flower), and the Titan Arum (the world's largest unbranched inflorescence).

Sumatran Pine (Pinus merkusii) Of these, Sumatran pine is a vulnerable species.

Species of trees can be found here are Tusam (Pinus Merkusii) and Rasamala (Altingia excelsa).

This ecoregion is one of the rare areas of pine forest in the tropics with the dominant species Sumatran Pine (Pinus merkusii), which has become established in areas where rainforest has been disturbed throughout history by events including landslides and forest fires as well as human clearance.