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Uvaria grandiflora: Gibbon dispersed

ABOVE: Uvaria grandiflora a liana in the Annonacea family. Photographed at the Tenom Agricultural Park by Tony Lamb. The local name is Pisang Pisang (bananas) from the appearance of a bunch of fruit.

The many trees and lianas in the Annonceae family provide  a large proportion of the food eaten by gibbons in Borneo. Illustration by Karen Phillipps.

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