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Cembirit (Tabernaemontana macrocarpa)
Kamidi (Tadehagi robustum)
Jalawur (Tacca leontopetaloides)
Payungan (Tacca palmata)
Marigold (Tagetes erecta)
Southern cone marigold (Tagetes minuta)
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica)
Temochloa
Teak (Tectona grandis)
Java dandelion (Taraxacum javanicum)
Vogel tephrosia (Tephrosia vogelii)
Sea almond (Terminalia catappa)
Merakan (Themeda arguens)
Cacao tree (Theobroma cacao)
Bankapas (Thespesia lampas)
Perlis fairy lantern (Thismia perlisensis)
Black-eyed Susan vine (Thunbergia alata)
Bengal trumpet (Thunbergia grandiflora)
Siam bamboo (Thyrsostachys siamensis)
Broom grass (Thysanolaena latifolia)
Tiger grass (Thysanolaena maxima)
Mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia)
Inchplant (Tradescantia zebrina)
Snowflake aralia (Trevesia sundaica)
Sumplur (Trichosanthes cochinchinensis)
Marong (Trichosanthes scabra)
Elephant bell gourd (Trichosanthes tricuspidata)
Yellow walking iris (Trimezia steyermarkii)
Tridax daisy (Tridax procumbens)
Chinese bur (Triumfetta rhomboidea)
Garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus)
Uttapit see wine (Typhonium vinicolor)

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