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Mahogany and rosewood trees are found in……………….
(A) Mangrove forest
(B) Tropical deciduous forests
(C) Tropical evergreen forests
(D) Temperate deciduous forests

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Hint: A forest is a group of trees, shrubs, herbs, plants and organisms that cover a considerable region that use oxygen, water and soil nutrients as the community attains maturity and reproduces itself. Forest regulates the world's temperature. Forest is known as the lungs of the earth.

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Forest is influenced by various ecological factors like temperature, rain, land forms, soil, etc. according to $2009$ , $6.9$ lakh sq.km of forest forming $21.2\% $ of the total geographical region.
Types of forest and their trees:
1. Tropical evergreen forest- trees are ebony, mahogany, rosewood, cinchona.
2. Tropical deciduous forest- trees are maple, aspen, elm, beech, birch, oak.
3. Tropical thorn and shrubs forest- plants are acacias, euphorbias, palms, cactus.
4. Mangrove forest- trees are genera Avicenna, rhizosphere, ceriops, bruguiera.
5. Montane forest- trees are rhododendrons, oak, maple, ferns, juniper, deoder.
Tropical evergreen forest is the one type of the forest, which is formed by evergreen forest. It occurs in a region where rainfall is more than $200$ cm. In India, tropical evergreen forest is located in Kerala and Karnataka states. Tropical evergreen forest is discovered in the westward slopes of the western Ghats.

Thus the option (C) is correct

Note: Temperature of tropical evergreen forests is $15 - {30^ \circ }C$ . The Amazon is the world’s largest tropical evergreen forest. Rain- forest is the another name of tropical evergreen forest. Elephants, monkeys, deer, and lemur animals are living in tropical evergreen forests. Tropical evergreen forest has a rich source of fauna (all animal life) and flora (all plant life).