Tag: Sumatera

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Rourea mimosoides

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Rourea mimosoides. See image source here.

#483 They called me Rourea mimosoides, also known as Santaloides havilandii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Darby Haviland. They first catalogued me in 1850.

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

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Dipterocarpus hasseltii

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Dipterocarpus hasseltii. See image source here.

#474 They called me Dipterocarpus hasseltii. I pay homage to the male botanist Johan Coenraad van Hasselt. They first catalogued me in 1829.

Native to Andaman Is., Borneo, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Pothos scandens

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Pothos scandens. See image source here.

#467 They called me Pothos scandens, also known as Pothos horsfieldii. I pay homage to the male botanist Thomas Horsfield. They first catalogued me in 1753.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, Comoros, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, and Vietnam.