Spung Trees,
are
large deciduous trees, with the botanical
designation Tetrameles nudiflora.
It
can grow to over 45 meters tall, its trunk is
buttressed, and the bark is shiny grey. Here, it
is seen for growing on top of the ancient
Khmer
ruins of
Ta Prohm
(fig.)
at
Angkor Wat
(fig.),
where
Red-breasted Parakeets
(fig.)
and Siamese
Alexandrine Parakeets
(fig.)
have regularly been observed perching and
nesting high-up in large hollows in the trunk
and branches of these trees.
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