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  2. Category:Endemic flora of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Endemic flora of Mauritius" The following 88 pages are in this category, out of 88 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  3. Wildlife of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    The wildlife of Mauritius consists of its flora and fauna. Mauritius is located in the Indian Ocean to the east of Madagascar.Due to its isolation, it has a relatively low diversity of wildlife; however, a high proportion of these are endemic species occurring nowhere else in the world.

  4. Category:Flora of Mauritius - Wikipedia

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    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).

  5. Diospyros revaughanii - Wikipedia

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    This species is endemic to the island of Mauritius - occurring nowhere else in the world. It was formerly common across the island - especially in the sub-humid and wet forest areas, including lowland forests (where it becomes a tall tree) and swampy areas in the highlands (where it stays shorter).

  6. Trochetia - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Roussea - Wikipedia

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    Roussea simplex is an endemic climbing shrub of Mauritius, currently known to be confined in nine locations around the south-east, centre and south-west regions of the island. [7] This climbing shrub mainly grows in wet, high elevation cloud forests, such as at Le Pouce , Mauritius' highest mountain .

  8. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden - Wikipedia

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    The garden has a grand scale of palms with no less than 80 species. Some of them are endemic to the Mascarenes. However the Talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera) is a special one. It can reach heights of around 25 m and palmate leaves have a diameter of around 5 m. It bears flowers once in it’s lifetime between 30-80 years and then dies.

  9. Ebony Forest - Wikipedia

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    It was established in June 2017, after 10 years of work in restoring the forests and planting 130,000 endemic plants. In addition to the reintroduced endemic species, the reserve is home to some of the few remaining stands of original mature endemic Ebony forest. Till present more than 154,000 plants have been planted and 34 ha have been weeded ...