These and other spices are used throughout the world. Vines are climber plants like lianas. Some reach for the sunlight, while others head toward the ground to get nutrients for the plants. Some vines are very strong and animals like monkeys, use them to swing from tree to tree or to rest on. Some vines help support the plants by burying in the ground and anchoring its roots.
Many types of wood comes from trees grown in the rain forest.
Some woods like mahogany, are use to make furniture. Some worry with the harvesting of wood for commercial use that we will be destroying the rain forest ecosystems.