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Semi-deciduous or semi-evergreen is a botanical term which refers to plants that lose their foliage for a very short period, when old leaves fall off and new foliage growth is starting. This phenomenon occurs in tropical and sub-tropical woody species, for example in Dipteryx odorata. Semi-deciduous or semi-evergreen may also describe some trees, bushes or plants that normally only lose part of their foliage in autumn/winter or during the dry season, but might lose all their leaves in a manner similar to deciduous trees in an especially cold autumn/winter or severe dry season (drought).

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"Semi-deciduous Forest | Cristalino Lodge". cristalinolodge.com.br. Archived from the original on 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
"semievergreen". merriam-webster. Retrieved 2016-02-06.

v t e Phytogeography: Vegetation classification
Physiognomy	Forests, woodlands, arboretum Shrublands, heath, scrubs, thickets, fruticetum Dwarf-shrubland, subshrublands, dwarf-scrubs, suffruticetum Herbaceous communities, grasslands, steppes, prairies, herbetum Savannas, parklands Scarcely vegetated areas, desert vegetation (Desert, Barren vegetation)
Latitude	Tropical Subtropical Temperate Subpolar Polar
Climatic regime	Pluvial, rainy, ombrophilous Cloudy Seasonal Drought
Altitude	Montane Submontane Lowland Coastal
Leaves	Loss of leaves Deciduous, caducifolious Semi-deciduous, semicaducifolious Evergreen, perennifolious Leaf hardness Sclerophyll, stiff leaves Orthophyll, hyptiophyll leaves Leaf form Aciculifolious, needle-leaved Latifolious, broad-leaved
Substrate	Terrestrial vegetation Aquatic vegetation Riparian Mangrove Swampy
See also	Biogeographic realms Biomes Floristic kingdoms Natural region Physiographic region Plant habits Plant life-forms Vegetation

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