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Ruizia boutoniana, known by its native Creole name boucle d'oreille, is a shrub in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius. [1] The species was first described as Trochetia boutoniana by Francis Friedmann in 1981. It was renamed in 2020 when genus Trochetia was subsumed into Ruizia. [1]
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.
The common vacoas sac (Pandanus utilis) of Madagascar has also been introduced and propagated in Mauritius, and it has now naturalised. 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.
Month: March; Secondary Flower: Sakura. The national flower of Japan, the sakura—commonly known as the cherry blossom—represents a time to reflect on renewal and optimism. Think of this birth ...
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).
National flower: Trochetia Boutoniana (also known as Boucle d'Oreille) It became the National flower since the 12 March 1992, when Mauritius achieved the status of a Republic. [51] [50] The flower is endemic to Mauritius and is only found in one locality in the wild. [50]
Ruizia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae.It contains 13 species native mostly to the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius and Réunion), and one species native to Madagascar.