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Aglaia silvestris

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Aglaia silvestris. See image source here.

#188 They called me Aglaia silvestris, also known as Dysoxylum baillonii, Lepidaglaia baillonii, Aglaia forstenii, Lepiaglaia baillonii, Aglaia baillonii, Aglaia mannii, and Epicharis baillonii. I pay homage to the male botanists Forsten (I couldn’t find his records), Gustav Mann, and Henri Ernest Baillon, or Louis Antoine François Baillon. They first catalogued me in 1917.

Native to Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Abelmoschus moschatus

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#179 They called me Abelmoschus moschatus, also known as Hibiscus roxburghii. I pay homage to the male botanist William Roxburgh. They first catalogued me in -2147483648.

Native to Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and West Himalaya.

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Colona scabra

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Colona scabra. See image source here.

#172 They called me Colona scabra, also known as Columbia burretii. I pay homage to the male botanist Max Burret. They first catalogued me in 1926.

Native to Caroline Is., Maluku, Solomon Is., and Sulawesi.