Species Veronica javanica
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There aren’t any identifications of Veronica javanica.
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Etymology of Veronica:
Probably after St Veronica, the maiden who handed her handkerchief to Jesus on his way to Calvary. He wiped his brow and returned the handkerchief, which now bore his likeness and so was called vera-ikon = true likeness, and the maiden became St Veronica (Brewer). The allusion is obscure.
Etymology of javanica:
Referring to its occurrence on, and initial collection from, the island of Java, with the Latin suffix -ana = ‘a connection’
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Veronica javanica.