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Hedychium coronarium is the national flower of Cuba, where it is known as mariposa (literally "butterfly") due to its shape. Women used to adorn themselves with these fragrant flowers in Spanish colonial times; because of the intricate structure of the inflorescence, women hid and carried secret messages important to the independence cause ...
When seen from the front, these colors mimic those found on the Cuban flag, which is why it was chosen as the national bird of the country. Its Spanish name (Tocororo) is derived from its most common call. National instrument: Cuban Tres [10] Originating in Cuba, the tres is a guitar-like three-course chordophone, popular in Afro-Cuban music ...
The Cuban trogon or tocororo is the national bird of Cuba and an endemic species. Other endemic species are the Cuban crocodile, Cuban hutia, Cuban solenodon, Cuban gar, Cuban boa, and Polymita picta. Hedychium coronarium, named mariposa in Cuba, is the national flower. [175]
Nymphaea nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The national flower of Sri Lanka is Nil mānel (නිල් මානෙල්), the blue-star water-lily (Nymphaea stellata). [33] [34] Although nil means "blue" in Sinhala, the Sinhalese name of this plant is often rendered as "water-lily" in English.
العربية; বাংলা; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Čeština; Deutsch; Eesti; Ελληνικά
Flag of The Havana Club Movement, a U.S. annexationist movement of Cuba in 1847: 1868–1878: Céspedes flag of Ten Years' War [16] Flag of the Revolutionary Directorate: Flag of the Revolutionary Directorate of 13 March [17] 1953-1962: Party flag of the Movimiento 26 de Julio [18] Naval Jack of Cuba, also known as the flag of Yara or the flag ...
The name comes from the amateur botanist and statesman Joel Roberts Poinsett, who happened upon the plant in 1828 during his tenure as the first U.S. minister to the newly independent Mexico.
National flags on El Malecón, Havana. The national flag of Cuba (Bandera nacional de Cuba) consists of five alternating stripes (three navy blue and two white) and a cherry red chevron at the hoist, within which is a white five-pointed star. It was designed in 1849 and officially adopted May 20, 1902.