Tag: Andaman Is.

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Sterculia parviflora

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Sterculia parviflora. See image source here.

#544 They called me Sterculia parviflora, also known as Sterculia holttumii. I pay homage to the male botanist Richard Eric Holttum. They first catalogued me in 1831.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Diospyros kurzii

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Diospyros kurzii. See image source here.

#543 They called me Diospyros kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1873.

Native to Andaman Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., and Thailand.

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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.