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Antidesma ghaesembilla

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Antidesma ghaesembilla. See image source here.

#776 They called me Antidesma ghaesembilla, also known as Antidesma schultzii, and Opilia thorelii. I pay homage to the male botanists Thorel (I couldn’t find his records), and August Christian Schultz, or Arthur Schultz. They first catalogued me in 1788.

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

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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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Aerides odorata

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Aerides odorata. See image source here.

#749 They called me Aerides odorata, also known as Aerides reichenbachii, and Aerides micholitzii. I pay homage to the male botanists Micholitz (I couldn’t find his records), and Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Ludwig Reichenbach, or Carl (Karl) Ludwig von Reichenbach. They first catalogued me in 1790.

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