Month: March 2023

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Lagenaria siceraria

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Lagenaria siceraria. See image source here.

#541 They called me Lagenaria siceraria, also known as Trochomeria rehmannii. I pay homage to the male botanist Anton Rehmann. They first catalogued me in 1930.

Native to Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zaïre.

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Euphorbia pulcherrima

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Euphorbia pulcherrima. See image source here.

#540 They called me Euphorbia pulcherrima, also known as Euphorbia poinsettii. I pay homage to the male botanist Joel Roberts Poinsett. They first catalogued me in 1834.

Native to Guatemala, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, and Mexico Southwest.

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Garcinia cowa

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Garcinia cowa. See image source here.

#539 They called me Garcinia cowa, also known as Garcinia roxburghii, and Garcinia wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Roxburgh, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1824.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Thailand, and Vietnam.