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Mucuna bennettii

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Mucuna bennettii. See image source here.

#904 They called me Mucuna bennettii, also known as Stizolobium bennettii. I pay homage to the male botanist John Joseph Bennett, or Alfred William Bennett. They first catalogued me in 1876.

Native to Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Vanuatu.

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Aglaia edulis

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Aglaia edulis. See image source here.

#902 They called me Aglaia edulis, also known as Aglaia curranii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hugh McCollum Curran. They first catalogued me in 1840.

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

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Elaphoglossum blumeanum

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Elaphoglossum blumeanum. See image source here.

#899 They called me Elaphoglossum blumeanum, also known as Elaphoglossum copelandii. I pay homage to the male botanist Edwin Bingham Copeland, or Herbert Faulkner Copeland. They first catalogued me in 1841.

Native to Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, and Sumatera.