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Macadamia nut (Macadamia integrifolia)
Branching fan maesa (Maesa flabellifera)
White champaca (Magnolia alba)
Convex leaf kamala (Mallotus bullatus)
Sleeping hibiscus (Malvaviscus penduliflorus)
Telotaun (Manihot carthagenensis)
Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
Liverwort (Marchantia)
Bundel (Marsypianthes chamaedrys)
Baby jump up (Mecardonia procumbens)
Parijata (Medinilla speciosa)
Cajuput (Melaleuca cajuputi)
Paperbark (Melaleuca leucadendra)
Broad-leaved paperbark (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
Malabar melastome (Melastoma malabathricum)
Javanes rose-apple (Memecylon caeruleum)
Renjeng (Merremia gemella)
Jiangyou gentian (Metagentiana jiangyouensis)
Garagoa miconia (Miconia garagoana)
Japanese stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum)
Giant sensitive tree (Mikania micrantha)
Janglot (Miliusa horsfieldii)
Bitter vine (Mimosa pigra)
Sensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)
Giant sensitive plant (Mimosa diplotricha)
Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis jalapa)
Palm grass (Molineria capitulata)
Bitter melon (Momordica charantia)
False ashoka (Monoon longifolium)
Brata (Montanoa bipinnatifida)
Anzac flower (Montanoa hibiscifolia)
Noni (Morinda citrifolia)
Korean mulberry (Morus indica)
Talok (Muntingia calabura)
Dear dewflower (Murdannia japonica)
Cavendish banana (Musa acuminata)
Señorita banana (Musa acuminata AA Group 'Señorita')
Red banana (Musa acuminata AAA Group 'Red Dacca')
Saba banana (Musa acuminata ABB Group 'Saba')
Balbis banana (Musa balbisiana)
Plantain (Musa paradisiaca)
Kingkilaban (Mussaenda frondosa)
Queen of Philippines (Mussaenda philippica)
Glandur (Mycetia cauliflora)
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans)

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