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Plumeria alba is the national flower of Laos, where it is known under the local name "champa" or "dok champa". It is also used as the logo of Lao Airlines, the national airline of Laos. [citation needed] In Bengali culture, most white flowers, and in particular, plumeria (Bengali, chômpa or chãpa), are associated with funerals and death.
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.
The national symbols of Laos are official and unofficial flags, ... National flower: Dok Champa [1] National bird: Siamese Fireback [2] National animal: Elephant [3]
This category includes the native flora of Laos.Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. In accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), it is included within the larger region of Indo-China in Category:Flora of Indo-China
According to data collected by the American government in 2013, 18.5% of all Laotian Americans live under the poverty line. [15] A Pew Research Center study published in 2019 found that the poverty rate had dropped to 13% which is equal to the national average. [16] In 2021, 5-year estimates showed it had dropped to 12.1%. [17]
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This is a list of countries that have officially designated one or more trees as their national trees. Most species in the list are officially designated. Some species hold only an "unofficial" status.
Tiliacora triandra is a species of flowering plant native to mainland Southeast Asia and used particularly in the cuisines of northeast Thailand and Laos. [1] In the Isan dialect of Lao, the language of northeastern Thailand, it is called bai yanang or bai ya nang (ใบย่านาง, literally "yanang leaf"), or simply yanang or ya nang (ย่านาง). [2]