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Derris elliptica

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Derris elliptica. See image source here.

#755 They called me Derris elliptica, also known as Pongamia horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1860.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas I., India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Rhynchosia acuminatissima

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Rhynchosia acuminatissima. See image source here.

#752 They called me Rhynchosia acuminatissima, also known as Rhynchosia versteegii, Rhynchosia cunninghamii, and Dolicholus cunninghamii. I pay homage to the male botanists Versteeg (I couldn’t find his records), and Gordon Herriott (Heriot) Cunningham, or Allan Cunningham. They first catalogued me in 1855.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, China South-Central, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, New South Wales, Philippines, Queensland, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Vietnam.

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Tetractomia tetrandra

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Tetractomia tetrandra. See image source here.

#738 They called me Tetractomia tetrandra, also known as Terminthodia schultzei-leonhardii, Melicope beccarii, Tetractomia holttumii, and Tetractomia beccarii. I pay homage to the male botanists Schultzei-leonhard (I couldn’t find his records), Beccar (I couldn’t find his records), and Richard Eric Holttum. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Borneo, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, and Thailand.