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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.
Thought to be extinct in 1863 and rediscovered on the slopes of Corps de Garde, Mauritius in 2001 by a team from the Mauritius herbarium. 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.
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.
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 Joseph Gueho seeds were successfully germinated and grown in cultivation for the first time in 1973.
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 .
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