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Freycinetia demissa

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Freycinetia demissa. See image source here.

#295 They called me Freycinetia demissa, also known as Freycinetia parksii. I pay homage to the male botanist Clifford R. Parks. They first catalogued me in 1838.

Native to Fiji, Marquesas, Society Is., Vanuatu, and Wallis-Futuna Is..

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Pterocarpus indicus

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Pterocarpus indicus. See image source here.

#281 They called me Pterocarpus indicus, also known as Pterocarpus wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanist George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich. They first catalogued me in 1802.

Native to Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, New Guinea, Philippines, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

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Cordia dichotoma

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Cordia dichotoma. See image source here.

#278 They called me Cordia dichotoma, also known as Cordia brownii, Lithocardium griffithii, Cordia griffithii, Cordia wallichii, and Cordia obliqua var. wallichii. I pay homage to the male botanists William Griffith, George Charles Wallich, or Nathaniel Wallich, and Robert Brown, Clair Alan Brown, Nicholas Edward Brown, Addison Brown, Andrew Phillip Brown, or William Brown. They first catalogued me in 1786.

Native to Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Pakistan, Philippines, Queensland, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Himalaya, and Western Australia.