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Leea aequata

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Leea aequata. See image source here.

#507 They called me Leea aequata, also known as Leea kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1767.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Diplazium esculentum

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#503 They called me Diplazium esculentum, also known as Asplenium moritzii, and Callipteris wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists Johann Wilhelm Karl Moritz, and George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1803.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Fiji, Hainan, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Momordica dioica

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Momordica dioica. See image source here.

#495 They called me Momordica dioica, also known as Momordica wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1805.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and West Himalaya.