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Fagraea auriculata

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#636 They called me Fagraea auriculata, also known as Fagraea curranii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hugh McCollum Curran. They first catalogued me in 1822.

Native to Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Cestrum parqui

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#635 They called me Cestrum parqui, also known as Cestrum adelbertii, Cestrum mandonii, Cestrum poeppigii, and Cestrum parqui var. poeppigii. I pay homage to the male botanists Albert George Ludwig Adelbert, Gilbert (Gustav) Mandon, and Eduard Friedrich Poeppig. They first catalogued me in 1788.

Native to Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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Myrsine hasseltii

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#634 They called me Myrsine hasseltii, also known as Rapanea hasseltii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johan Coenraad van Hasselt. They first catalogued me in 1867.

Native to Jawa, and Lesser Sunda Is..