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Collection Holdings native to Andaman Is.:

Amaryllidaceae

    Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
    Tribe Amaryllideae

    • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

    Apocynaceae

      Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
      Tribe Vinceae

      • Rauvolfia serpentina - Indian Subcontinent to SC. China and W. Malesia

      Araceae

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Areae

        • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Pisteae

        • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

        Subfamily Aroideae
        Tribe Thomsonieae

        • Amorphophallus muelleri - Java
        • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

        Subfamily Pothoideae
        Tribe Potheae

        • Pothos scandens - W. Indian Ocean, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

        Arecaceae

          Subfamily Arecoideae
          Tribe Areceae

          • Pinanga coronata - Sumatera to Lesser Sunda Is.

          Boraginaceae

            Subfamily Cordioideae

            • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

            Colchicaceae

              Subfamily
              Tribe Colchiceae

              • Gloriosa superba - Trop. & S. Africa, W. Indian Ocean, Indian Subcontinent to Lesser Sunda

              Costaceae

              • Cheilocostus speciosus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia and Queensland W/C

              Cyperaceae

                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                Tribe Cypereae

                • Cyperus brevifolia - Trop. & Subtrop.
                • Cyperus diffusus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Queensland

                Subfamily Cyperoideae
                Tribe Eleocharideae

                • Eleocharis dulcis - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

                Dioscoreaceae

                • Dioscorea bulbifera - tropical east Africa to Asia

                Euphorbiaceae

                  Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                  Tribe Euphorbieae

                  • Euphorbia antiquorum - Pakistan and India to Southeast Asia

                  Flagellariaceae

                  • Flagellaria indica - S. Tanzania to Mozambique and W. Pacific

                  Gnetaceae

                  • Gnetum montanum - Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China

                  Lamiaceae

                    Subfamily Nepetoideae
                    Tribe Ocimeae

                    • Ocimum tenuiflorum - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

                    Lecythidaceae

                      Subfamily Barringtonioideae

                      • Barringtonia racemosa - Kenya to S. Africa and W. Pacific

                      Lythraceae

                        Subfamily Lythroideae
                        Tribe Nesaeeae

                        • Lawsonia inermis - Arabian peninsula to southwestern Asia

                        Malvaceae

                          Subfamily Malvoideae
                          Tribe Gossypieae

                          • Thespesia populnea - Old World tropics, naturalized in New World

                          Marantaceae

                          • Donax canniformis - Taiwan (Lan Yü), Indo-China to W. Pacific W/C
                          • Indianthus virgatus - S. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is.
                          • Stachyphrynium spicatum - SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China W/C

                          Moraceae

                            Subfamily
                            Tribe Ficeae

                            • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                            Musaceae

                            • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                            Orchidaceae

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Coelogyneae

                              • Pholidota imbricata - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to SW. Pacific
                              • Thunia alba - Himalaya to SC. China and Pen. Malaysia

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Cymbidieae

                              • Cymbidium aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia
                              • Eulophia andamanensis - Indo-China to N. Sumatera

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Dendrobieae

                              • Bulbophyllum careyanum - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
                              • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                              • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                              • Bulbophyllum lepidum - S. Hainan to W. & C. Malesia
                              • Bulbophyllum lilacinum - Bangladesh to Pen. Malaysia
                              • Dendrobium anceps - Nepal to Indo-China
                              • Dendrobium aphyllum - Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Epidendreae

                              • Agrostophyllum planicaule - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Pen. Malaysia (Kedah)

                              Subfamily Epidendroideae
                              Tribe Podochileae

                              • Pinalia bractescens - Trop. Asia

                              Phyllanthaceae

                                Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                Poaceae

                                  Subfamily Panicoideae
                                  Tribe Sacchareae

                                  • Coix lacryma-jobi - Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia
                                  • Pogonatherum crinitum - Madagascar, Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to Marianas

                                  Polypodiaceae

                                    Subfamily Microsoroideae

                                    • Microsorum punctatum "Grandiceps" - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia, Polynesia

                                    Rubiaceae

                                      Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                      Tribe Naucleeae

                                      • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                      Subfamily Rubioideae
                                      Tribe Psychotrieae

                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Thailand
                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Papau New Guinea
                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum - Phillipines: Quezon Province, Luzon W/C
                                      • Hydnophytum formicarum 'Europa' -

                                      Taccaceae

                                      • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                      Vitaceae

                                        Subfamily Leeoideae

                                        • Leea guineensis - Asia, Burma

                                        Subfamily Vitoideae

                                        • Cissus javana - Indonesia
                                        • Cissus quadrangularis - Tropical Africa & Asia

                                        Zingiberaceae

                                          Subfamily Alpinioideae
                                          Tribe Alpinieae

                                          • Alpinia nigra - Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) W/C

                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                          Tribe Globbeae

                                          • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                          • Globba marantina - China (S. Yunnan) to Trop. Asia, Queensland (Murray I.) W/C
                                          • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C
                                          • Globba pendula - Assam to W. Malesia W/C

                                          Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                          Tribe Zingibereae

                                          • Boesenbergia rotunda - Assam to China (S. Yunnan) and W. Malesia W/C
                                          • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                          The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 60 accessions native to Andaman Is.

                                          W/C = Wild Collected
                                          = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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                                          = accession added within past 90 days

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