Tag: Andaman Is.

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Corypha utan

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Corypha utan. See image source here.

#808 They called me Corypha utan, also known as Livistona vidalii. I pay homage to the male botanist Gustave Prosper Vidal. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Dipterocarpus grandiflorus

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Dipterocarpus grandiflorus. See image source here.

#798 They called me Dipterocarpus grandiflorus, also known as Dipterocarpus griffithii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Griffith. They first catalogued me in 1845.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Globba pendula

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Globba pendula. See image source here.

#793 They called me Globba pendula, also known as Hura koenigii, Globba kingii, and Globba wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Koenig (I couldn’t find his records), George King, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1810.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.