Indigenous to Tanzania Khaya Anthotheca occurs at medium to low altitudes in evergreen forests and riverine fringe forests.

Natural occurrence in a band across Africa from Kenya to Liberia between 8°N and 6°S where it is mainly found on the fringes of high forests in the ecozone between rainforest and savannah.

Native to Central America and the Caribbean, widely planted throughout the American, Asian and African tropics and subtropics.

A native to North Ameica, the P. elliottii is a large, stately, heavily branched, long-needled conifer with a rapid growth rate and is capable of reaching 30 m in height.

Native to Mexico and Central America P. oocarpa has a geographic range of 3000 km from Sinaloa, Mexico to central Nicaragua and is the most common pine in the southern half of Mexico and Central America.

Native to Central America, P. patula occurs naturally in the eastern, western and southern part of Mexico.

Native to the south and southeast of Asia, it is commonly found as a component of monsoon forest vegetation.

Relatively new species in plantations, the Terminalia superba is native to West and Central Africa, where it has a broad distribution.