text: Royal Chitwan National Park is 932 sq km ( 358 sq miles ) of magnificent first-growth trees the tall hardwood sal , the kapok silk-cotton tree , and the flame-of- the-forest with their spectacular crimson February flowers , plus ferns , bamboo , and huge vines that choke trees to death like pythons .
  
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  Gigantic vines are among the many flora found in the Royal Chitwan National Park .