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Caesalpinia pulcherrima is the national flower of the Caribbean island of Barbados, and is depicted on the upper left and right corners of the Queen Elizabeth II's personal Barbadian flag. Claire Waight Keller included pride of Barbados to represent the country in Meghan Markle 's wedding veil, which included the distinctive flora of each ...
Trochetia boutoniana (native name: Boucle d'Oreille (in English: Earring tree) because of its bell-shaped look) is the national flower of Mauritius since 1992. It was named after French botanist Louis Bouton. The only occurrence are the slopes of Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius. The flowering time is from June to October.
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.
Category: Flora of Barbados. 8 languages. ... This category follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Subcategories.
This category contains the native flora of Mauritius as defined by the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included; taxa of higher ranks (e.g. genus) are only included if monotypic or endemic. Include taxa here that are endemic or have restricted distributions (e.g. only a few countries).
The national flower of Mauritius is boucle d'oreille (Trochetia boutoniana), which is now restricted to a single mountain. Other Trochetia species are endemic to Mauritius. They are Trochetia parviflora , Trochetia uniflora , Trochetia triflora and Trochetia blackburniana .
The capsule is globular and contains up to 10 black seeds. The flowering time of the plant is from June to October. This plant is relatively rare because of its weak regeneration and due to introduced monkeys which feed on the flower buds. The only occurrences are on the slopes of Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius. Thanks to the efforts of botanist ...
It was created in 1995 with the collaboration of the Chinese Agricultural and Technical Team (CATT) at the corner of the Shrimati Indhira Gandhi Avenue and the one that leads to the Old Sugar Mill Model. The corner has been restored in May 2009. It comprises some 100 species which further add to the botanical collection at the garden.