Location

Name: Pundua (Pundua, Pundooah)

Standard Name: Pundua

Modern Name: Companiganj

Country: Bangladesh (BD)

Note

All specimens marked Pundua come from the hills north of Pundua. The locality given as Pundua is probably close to modern-day Companiganj, not to be confused with Panduah in West Bengal.

Collector/Herbarium: Smith, De Silva

Collector

Name: De Silva, F. (FD, F. DS, DeS, Fr. DeS)

Standard Name: De Silva, F.

Note

Francis De Silva. Plant collector for Wallich in Nepal, Sylhet, Pundua.

Goan Indo-Portugese assistant-botanist and collector atthe Garden in Calcutta, sent to collect at Pundoa, Sylhet, NE Bangladesh

His father was a collector for Roxburgh.