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Dillenia pentagyna

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Dillenia pentagyna. See image source here.

#557 They called me Dillenia pentagyna, also known as Dillenia baillonii. I pay homage to the male botanist Henri Ernest Baillon, or Louis Antoine François Baillon. They first catalogued me in 1795.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Sterculia parviflora

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Sterculia parviflora. See image source here.

#544 They called me Sterculia parviflora, also known as Sterculia holttumii. I pay homage to the male botanist Richard Eric Holttum. They first catalogued me in 1831.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Diospyros kurzii

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Diospyros kurzii. See image source here.

#543 They called me Diospyros kurzii. I pay homage to the male botanist Hermann Kurz, Holger Willibald Kurz, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, or Albert Kurz. They first catalogued me in 1873.

Native to Andaman Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., and Thailand.