But the rain forests don’t only provide us with unusual and abundant plant and animal life. Many of the things families use every day are produced in tropical rain forests. And it isn’t just the obvious forest products,like exotic fruits,nuts and spices, that are exported all over the world. People are often surprised to find that the main ingredients in a large number of perfumes things like eucalyptus, ylang –ylang and sandalwood are harvested in the rain forests. We know wood from rain forests is used to make furniture. Less well known is the fact that bamboo furniture is also made from tropical rain forests plants. Other common items like ropes fishing lines and shampoos may have started life in the rain forests of Africa or south America.