It's much seen hanging around in tropical forests (5)
I believe the answer is:
liana
'it's much seen hanging around in tropical forests' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'it's much seen hanging around' is the wordplay.
'it's much seen' becomes 'lian' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'hanging' becomes 'drape' (I've seen this in another clue).
'around' says to take the centre.
The middle letter of 'drape' is 'a'.
'lian'+'a'='LIANA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for liana that I've seen before include "Woody climbing (usually tropical) plant" , "Tropical vine" , "Climbing jungle plant" , "Climbing plant of rainforests" , "Jungle creeper" .)