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Mesua ferrea

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Mesua ferrea. See image source here.

#387 They called me Mesua ferrea, also known as Mesua roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Aristolochia acuminata

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Aristolochia acuminata. See image source here.

#378 They called me Aristolochia acuminata, also known as Aristolochia eschscholtzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz. They first catalogued me in 1783.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Western Australia.

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Elaeagnus triflora

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Elaeagnus triflora. See image source here.

#369 They called me Elaeagnus triflora, also known as Elaeagnus cumingii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hugh Cuming. They first catalogued me in 1820.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Taiwan.