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 | | Lush trees reaching up to 45 metres, shelter many helechos, mosses and lichens, due to the high humidity in the atmosphere. |
 | | Many of these trees are used locally, such as the cético (Cecropia sp.), topa (Ochroma pyramidalis), as well as better known ones such as the cedar (Cedrela sp.), and the chestnut (Bertholletia excelsa). |
 | | The long list continues with quinua or cascarilla (Cinchona micrantha), the bark of which has been used since colonial times to cure yellow fever, and the chonta (Euterpe precatoria), a palm leaf which grows in the lower jungle and which has been used since time immemorial as a foodstuff. |
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