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Taxa named by William Roxburgh

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Pandanus amaryllifolius
species of plant
Adina cordifolia
species of plant
Gmelina arborea
species of plant
Momordica dioica
Tropical vegetable
Diospyros melanoxylon
species of plant
Hopea
Hopea is a genus of plants in the family Dipterocarpaceae. It contains some 114 species, distributed from Sri Lanka and southern India to the Andaman Islands, Myanmar, southern China, and southward throughout Malesia to New Guinea. They are mainly main and subcanopy trees of lowland rainforest, but some species can become also emergent trees, such as Hopea nutans.
Curcuma amada
species of plant
Hopea odorata
species of plant
Phytolacca acinosa
species of plant
Garcinia dulcis
species of plant
Curcuma caesia
species of plant, Black Turmeric
Harpullia
Harpullia is a genus of about 27 species of small to medium-sized rainforest trees from the family Sapindaceae. They have a wide distribution ranging from India eastwards through Malesia, Papuasia and Australasia to the Pacific Islands. They grow naturally usually in or on the margins of rainforests or associated vegetation. Plants in the genus Harpullia are usually dioecious shrubs or trees covered with simple or star-shaped hairs. The leaves are paripinnate and the flowers are usually arranged in leaf axils, usually with 5 petals, 5 to 8 stamens and a 2-locular ovary. The fruit is a 2-lobed
Eucalyptus moluccana
species of plant
Urceola
genus of plants
Zanthoxylum rhetsa
species of plant
Anisoptera scaphula
species of plant
Dipterocarpus tuberculatus
species of plant
Pterygota alata
species of plant
Magnolia pterocarpa
species of plant
Bruguiera parviflora
species of plant
Curcuma angustifolia
species of plant
Carallia
Carallia is a genus of trees in the family Rhizophoraceae.
Drimia indica
species of plant
Elaeagnus triflora
species of plant in the family Elaeagnaceae
Cyperus digitatus
Species of plant
Chlorophytum tuberosum
shrub used in Ayurveda for medicinal purposes
Vatica lanceifolia
species of plant
Berrya
Berrya is a genus of evergreen trees with fibrous bark, which range from tropical Asia to northern Australia and the southwestern Pacific. The plants are valuable for their timber. The flowers are showy, with large tight clusters of green flowers.
Erythrina stricta
species of plant
Brownlowia
Brownlowia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae. It includes 29 species native to tropical Asia, ranging from India through Indochina and Malesia to New Guinea.
Elaeagnus conferta
species of plant
Careya
Careya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lecythidaceae. It is native to the Indian Subcontinent, Afghanistan, Indochina, and Peninsular Malaysia.
Calamus erectus
species of plant
Bouea oppositifolia
species of plant
Zanthoxylum nitidum
species of plant
Symplocos racemosa
species of plant
Curcuma comosa
species of plant
Alphonsea lutea
species of plant
Ammannia multiflora
species of plant
Rhaphiolepis bengalensis
species of flowering plant
Hardwickia
Hardwickia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the subfamily Detarioideae of the legume family, Fabaceae. The only species is the anjan, Hardwickia binata, a tree which is native to India and Bangladesh, and which grows to height of 25-30 meters. This plant genus was named after Thomas Hardwicke by William Roxburgh.
Shorea tumbuggaia
species of plant
Harpullia cupanioides
species of plant
Artocarpus lanceifolius
species of plant
Stixis suaveolens
species of plant
Lithocarpus lucidus
species of plant
Garcinia lanceifolia
species of plant
Garcinia zeylanica
species of plant
Sterculia guttata
species of plant
Casearia tomentosa
species of plant
Bhesa robusta
species of plant
Piper lanatum
species of flowering plant
Searsia parviflora
species of plant
Neonauclea sessilifolia
species of plant
Glochidion lanceolarium
species of plant
Cleistanthus oblongifolius
species of plant
Phrynium imbricatum
species of plant
Ziziphus incurva
species of plant
Chisocheton tomentosus
species of plant