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Collection Holdings native to India:

Acanthaceae

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Justicieae

    • Ecbolium viride - India

    Subfamily Acanthoideae
    Tribe Ruellieae

    • Eranthemum pulchellum - India

    Subfamily Thunbergioideae

    • Thunbergia mysorensis - India {specifically, Mysore, India}

    Acoraceae

    • Acorus calamus - Asia, N. America

    Amaryllidaceae

      Subfamily Amaryllidoideae
      Tribe Amaryllideae

      • Crinum asiaticum - tropical Indo-Pacific

      Annonaceae

        Subfamily Annonoideae
        Tribe Xylopieae

        • Artabotrys hexapetalus - India

        Apiaceae

          Subfamily Mackinlayoideae

          • Centella asiatica - Indian subcontinent and southeast Asia

          Apocynaceae

            Subfamily Apocynoideae
            Tribe Apocyneae

            • Beaumontia grandiflora - Nepal to China (S. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) and Indo-China

            Subfamily Apocynoideae
            Tribe Nerieae

            • Nerium oleander - broad area Morocco to southern China

            Subfamily Asclepiadoideae
            Tribe Marsdenieae

            • Dischidia bengalensis - India
            • Dischidia major - Trop. Asia to N. Queensland

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Tabernaemontaneae

            • Tabernaemontana divaricata - Himalaya to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China

            Subfamily Rauvolfioideae
            Tribe Vinceae

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

            Araceae

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Areae

              • Sauromatum venosum - Trop. Africa to China (Yunnan)
              • Typhonium roxburghii - Southeast Asia

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Colocasieae

              • Colocasia esculenta - Tropical Asia
              • Remusatia vivipara - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Pisteae

              • Pistia stratiotes - Pantropical

              Subfamily Aroideae
              Tribe Thomsonieae

              • Amorphophallus bulbifer - S. & NE. India, Himalaya to Myanmar
              • Amorphophallus paeoniifolius - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia

              Subfamily Lasioideae

              • Lasia spinosa - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia W/C

              Subfamily Lemnoideae

              • Lemna minor - Cosmopolitan

              Subfamily Pothoideae
              Tribe Potheae

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

              Asparagaceae

                Subfamily Asparagoideae

                • Asparagus africanus - Trop. & S. Africa, Arabian Pen., W. India

                Balsaminaceae

                • Impatiens grandis - India, Nepal

                Basellaceae

                  Subfamily Baselleae

                  • Basella alba "Red Malabar" - Trop. Asia

                  Boraginaceae

                    Subfamily Cordioideae

                    • Cordia dichotoma - tropical Asia & Australasia

                    Caryophyllaceae

                      Subfamily Caryophylloideae
                      Tribe Sileneae

                      • Silene baccifera - Eurasia

                      Celastraceae

                      • Gymnosporia senegalensis - southern Africa

                      Ceratophyllaceae

                      • Ceratophyllum demersum - cosmopolitan, native to all continents except Antarctica.

                      Colchicaceae

                        Subfamily
                        Tribe Colchiceae

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

                        Convolvulaceae

                          Subfamily Convolvuloideae
                          Tribe Ipomoeeae

                          • Argyreia nervosa ssp. nervosa - India

                          Costaceae

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

                          Cycadaceae

                          • Cycas circinalis - southern India

                          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

                            Ephedraceae

                            • Ephedra intermedia - W. Asia - Iran, Turkestan, to the Himalayas and China

                            Equisetaceae

                            • Equisetum diffusum - Himalaya mountains from Simla (India) to Tibet
                            • Equisetum hyemale - eastern North America

                            Euphorbiaceae

                              Subfamily Crotonoideae
                              Tribe Aleuritideae

                              • Aleurites moluccanus - China, Phillipines

                              Subfamily Crotonoideae
                              Tribe Crotoneae

                              • Croton congestus - China

                              Subfamily Euphorbioideae
                              Tribe Euphorbieae

                              • Euphorbia antiquorum - Pakistan and India to Southeast Asia
                              • Euphorbia neriifolia - S India (Deccan peninsula)
                              • Euphorbia tirucalli - Unknown, spread world wide in tropical and subtropical areas

                              Fabaceae

                                Subfamily Caesalpinioideae
                                Tribe Cassieae

                                • Cassia fistula - southern Asia

                                Subfamily Faboideae
                                Tribe Desmodieae

                                • Codariocalyx motorius - tropical Asia

                                Flagellariaceae

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

                                Lamiaceae

                                  Subfamily Lamioideae
                                  Tribe Pogostemoneae

                                  • Pogostemon heyneanus - India to C. Malesia

                                  Subfamily Nepetoideae
                                  Tribe Ocimeae

                                  • Ocimum tenuiflorum - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to N. Australia
                                  • Plectranthus amboinicus - Kenya to S. Africa, Arabian Pen., India

                                  Subfamily Scutellarioideae

                                  • Holmskioldia sanguinea - Himalaya to Myanmar

                                  Subfamily Symphorematoideae

                                  • Congea tomentosa - India to Pen. Malaysia and China (SW. Yunnan)

                                  Lauraceae

                                  • Cinnamomum verum - Sri Lanka, south-west India and the Tenasserim Hills of Burma

                                  Lecythidaceae

                                    Subfamily Barringtonioideae

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

                                    Lentibulariaceae

                                    • Utricularia gibba - Trop. & Subtrop. Old World, America

                                    Linaceae

                                    • Reinwardtia indica - northern India and China

                                    Lygodiaceae

                                    • Lygodium circinnatum - E. Asia - India, Sri Lanka, China to southeast Asia to Pacific Islands
                                    • Lygodium japonicum - Japan, to the Himalayas, to Northern Australia

                                    Lythraceae

                                      Subfamily Punicoideae

                                      • Punica granatum Nana - S.E. Europe to E. Asia

                                      Malvaceae

                                        Subfamily Malvoideae
                                        Tribe Gossypieae

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

                                        Marantaceae

                                        • Indianthus virgatus - S. India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Is.
                                        • Phrynium imbricatum - E. India to Hainan W/C
                                        • Stachyphrynium spicatum - SE. India, Sri Lanka, China (S. Yunnan) to Indo-China W/C

                                        Meliaceae

                                          Subfamily Melioideae
                                          Tribe Melieae

                                          • Melia azedarach - Asia, nat. in trop. America

                                          Moraceae

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Artocarpeae

                                            • Artocarpus heterophyllus - India - Ghats Forests

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Ficeae

                                            • Ficus villosa - Borneo - Mount Kinabalu W/C

                                            Subfamily
                                            Tribe Moreae

                                            • Broussonetia papyrifera - E. Asia - China. Occasionally naturalized in S.E. Europe

                                            Moringaceae

                                            • Moringa oleifera - India; widely cultivated in Old World tropics

                                            Musaceae

                                            • Ensete superbum - Western Ghats, Anaimalai Hills and other parts of peninsular India
                                            • Musa acuminata 'Dwarf Cavendish' - Tanzania (Pemba), Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                            • Musa ornata - E. Himalaya to Myanmar

                                            Myrtaceae

                                              Subfamily Myrtoideae
                                              Tribe Myrteae

                                              • Myrtus communis `Microphylla' - S. Europe to W. 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 Collabieae

                                                • Phaius tankervilleae - India to East Asia and Pacific
                                                • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia to S. Pacific

                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                Tribe Cymbidieae

                                                • Cymbidium aloifolium - Himalaya to W. Malesia

                                                Subfamily Epidendroideae
                                                Tribe Dendrobieae

                                                • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                                • Bulbophyllum affine - WC. Himalaya to Nansei-shoto (Amami-Oshima)
                                                • Bulbophyllum careyanum - Himalaya to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China
                                                • Bulbophyllum elegantulum - southern India
                                                • Bulbophyllum lasiochilum - India, Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia
                                                • Bulbophyllum tremulum - India
                                                • Dendrobium plicatile - China (SE. Yunnan, SW. Guangxi) to Trop. Asia

                                                Oxalidaceae

                                                • Biophytum sensitivum - tropical Nepal, India, Southeast Asia

                                                Pentaphylacaceae

                                                  Subfamily
                                                  Tribe Freziereae

                                                  • Cleyera japonica - Japan, Taiwan, mainland China, Myanmar, Nepal, and northern India

                                                  Phrymaceae

                                                  • Glossostigma cleistanthum - Australia, New Zealand, India, East Africa W/C

                                                  Phyllanthaceae

                                                    Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

                                                    • Antidesma bunius - India, Malay Arch.

                                                    Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
                                                    Tribe Phyllantheae

                                                    • Sauropus androgynus - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia

                                                    Piperaceae

                                                      Subfamily Piperoideae

                                                      • Piper nigrum - S. India & Ceylon
                                                      • Piper sylvaticum - S Yunnan, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar

                                                      Plumbaginaceae

                                                        Subfamily Plumbaginoideae

                                                        • Plumbago indica - tropical India

                                                        Poaceae

                                                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                          Tribe Andropogoneae

                                                          • Cymbopogon citratus - S. India, Sri Lanka

                                                          Subfamily Panicoideae
                                                          Tribe Sacchareae

                                                          • Coix lacryma-jobi - Indian Subcontinent to Taiwan and Pen. Malaysia

                                                          Polypodiaceae

                                                            Subfamily Microsoroideae

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

                                                            Primulaceae

                                                              Subfamily Myrsinoideae

                                                              • Myrsine africana - Africa, Himalayas & China

                                                              Pteridaceae

                                                                Subfamily Pteridoideae

                                                                • Pteris cretica - Europe, Asia, and Africa

                                                                Rosaceae

                                                                  Subfamily Rosoideae
                                                                  Tribe Potentilleae

                                                                  • Duchesnea indica - E. Asia - China, Japan, Himalayas

                                                                  Rubiaceae

                                                                    Subfamily Cinchonoideae
                                                                    Tribe Naucleeae

                                                                    • Neolamarckia cadamba - S. China to Trop. Asia

                                                                    Subfamily Rubioideae
                                                                    Tribe Rubieae

                                                                    • Rubia tinctorum - SE. Europe to W. Himalaya, Vietnam (Mt. Fansipan)

                                                                    Rutaceae

                                                                      Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                                      Tribe Aurantieae

                                                                      • Murraya koenigii - India, Sri Lanka

                                                                      Subfamily Aurantioideae
                                                                      Tribe Citreae

                                                                      • Citrus medica - India
                                                                      • Citrus x limon - unknown, but presumed to be India - China

                                                                      Subfamily Toddalioideae

                                                                      • Dictamnus albus var. purpureus - Europe to Temperate Asia

                                                                      Sapindaceae

                                                                        Subfamily Sapindoideae

                                                                        • Dimocarpus longan - China & Malaysia

                                                                        Saxifragaceae

                                                                        • Tiarella polyphylla - Asia

                                                                        Selaginellaceae

                                                                        • Selaginella intermedia - India to southeast Asia

                                                                        Solanaceae

                                                                          Subfamily Solanoideae
                                                                          Tribe Physaleae

                                                                          • Withania somnifera - Africa. southern Europe and western Asia

                                                                          Taccaceae

                                                                          • Tacca leontopetaloides - Trop. Old World to Pacific

                                                                          Urticaceae

                                                                            Subfamily
                                                                            Tribe Urticeae

                                                                            • Urtica dioica - widely naturalized in temperate climates

                                                                            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
                                                                                • Alpinia roxburghii - E. Nepal to S. China and Pen. Malaysia W/C
                                                                                • Elettaria cardamomum - SW India

                                                                                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 orixensis - S. & E. India, E. Himalaya to Myanmar W/C
                                                                                • Globba schomburgkii - E. India to China (S. Yunnan) and Indo-China W/C

                                                                                Subfamily Zingiberoideae
                                                                                Tribe Zingibereae

                                                                                • Boesenbergia kingii - NE. India to China (Yunnan) W/C
                                                                                • Curcuma longa - a cultigen from SW. India W/C
                                                                                • Curcuma longa -
                                                                                • Curcuma longa - India to W. Malesia
                                                                                • Hedychium coronarium - tropical southeastern Asia
                                                                                • Hedychium forrestii - C. Himalaya to S. China and Indo-China W/C
                                                                                • Hedychium gardnerianum - India, Nepal, Bhutan
                                                                                • Zingiber aff. roseum - S. & E. India to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                                • Zingiber montanum - Arunachal Pradesh to E. India and Myanmar W/C
                                                                                • Zingiber montanum - Arunachal Pradesh to E. India and Myanmar W/C
                                                                                • Zingiber roseum - S. & E. India to China (SW. Yunnan) W/C
                                                                                • Zingiber rubens - Sikkim to E. India and Indo-China W/C
                                                                                • Zingiber zerumbet - Trop. & Subtrop. Asia
                                                                                The EEB Greenhouses are currently cultivating 135 accessions native to India

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