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Crescentia cujete, dry fruit and seeds – MHNT Flower Pollen grains, magnified. Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the calabash tree, is a species of flowering plant native to the Americas, that is grown in Africa, South-East Asia, Central America, South America, the West Indies and extreme southern Florida. [2] It is the national tree of St ...
The Saint Lucia amazon (also known as the Saint Lucia parrot) (Amazona versicolor) is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is endemic to Saint Lucia and is the country's national bird. It was first described by Miller in 1776, this beautiful parrot is, and always has been found only in Saint Lucia.
La Magwit (Antillean Creole for "The Marguerite") is one of the two historic cultural associations (societés) of Saint Lucia, and also the name of the society's yearly festival held every October 17. The "marguerite" referred to by the name is not a daisy but a small magenta coloured globe flower, rather like a clover.
Orders, decorations, and medals of Saint Lucia (1 C) Pages in category "National symbols of Saint Lucia" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The societies (societés) of Saint Lucia are two historic associations on the Antillean island country of Saint Lucia, La Woz ("The Rose") and La Magwit ("The Marguerite"). "). Ostensibly based around singing the virtues of the rose and globosa flowers, the societies are intense rivals, and their membership includes most of the population of the
The government of Saint Lucia describes the arms as follows: [1] Azure two sticks of cut bamboo in Cross surmounted of an African stool of authority Or between in dexter chief and sinister base a Rose Argent charged with another Gules both barbed and seeded proper an in sinister chief and dexter base a Fleur-de-lis Gold and for the Crest upon a Helm with a Wreath Or and Azure in front of two ...
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Its blossom is the national flower of St. Kitts and Nevis, [14] and in May 2018 the royal poinciana was adopted by the city of Key West as its official tree. [15] Known locally as semarak api, Delonix regia is the city flower of Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia. [16] In Vietnam, this is a popular urban tree and is called Phượng vỹ, or "phoenix's ...