🇲🇺 The flowers of Mauritius
21 pages from Mauritius: its flowers, the things made with them and the places to see them, across 9 cities and regions.
The flowers, flower customs and flower places of Mauritius on EveryPhool. An overview of the country's plant life has not been written yet.
Cities and regions of Mauritius
Acacia
Shrubs and trees with golden or cream puffball flowers, native mostly to Australia
🇦🇺 Australia and 6 more · Wildflower
Place
Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden
A historic garden in Mauritius known for giant water lilies and rare palms
Pamplemousses, 🇲🇺 Mauritius · Botanical garden
Arabian jasmineJasminum sambac
A small white jasmine with a strong, sweet scent, treasured in Asia for garlands and ceremonies
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Place
Curepipe Botanic Gardens
A cool-climate botanical garden in the highlands of Mauritius
Curepipe, 🇲🇺 Mauritius · Botanical garden
MandrinetteHibiscus fragilis
A rare pink hibiscus found only on Mauritius and Rodrigues
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Wildflower
Watsonia
Tall, showy corm plants from southern Africa, known as bugle-lilies
🇿🇦 South Africa and 5 more · Wildflower
TrochetiaBoucle d'Oreille
Rare bell-shaped flowers from the Mascarene Islands, with coloured nectar
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Wildflower
Roussea simplex
A rare climbing shrub with orange-yellow flowers from the high forests of Mauritius
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Wildflower
Decoration
Chinese New Year春节
The Spring Festival marked by red decorations, family gatherings, and flower displays
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Custom, Jan to Feb
Comet orchidAngraecum eburneum
The white and green orchid that is the national flower of Seychelles
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 5 more · Orchid
Ruizia boutonianaboucle d'oreille
Mauritius’s national flower, a rare red-and-white bell-shaped bloom
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Flowering shrub
ThumbaiLeucas aspera
A small white-flowered weed of Indian fields, used in food and medicine
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Herb or useful flower
Decoration
Ugadiఉగాది / ಯುಗಾದಿ
South Indian New Year marked by flowers, rangoli, and mango leaf decorations
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Custom, Mar to Apr
Lantana
A tropical shrub with multicoloured flower clusters that change colour as they age
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Flowering shrub
SoursopAnnona muricata
A tropical evergreen tree with thick yellowish blossoms and spiky fruit
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Flowering tree
Bergamot OrangeCitrus bergamia
A fragrant winter-blooming citrus tree prized for perfume oils and Earl Grey tea
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Flowering tree
Ebony FamilyEbenaceae
A worldwide family of woody plants known for persimmon fruits and dense ebony timber
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Flowering tree
Cathedral bellsKalanchoe pinnata
A Madagascar succulent with dangling bell blooms and sprouting leaf margins
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 5 more · Cactus or succulent
Velvet beanMucuna pruriens
A tropical climbing legume with itchy pods and purple or white flowers
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Climber
Common rushJuncus effusus
A tall, cylindrical wetland plant used for tatami mats and rushlights
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Spiny amaranthAmaranthus spinosus
A spiky green weed with edible leaves and toxic risks
🇲🇽 Mexico and 9 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Velvet bean: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Acacia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Roussea simplex: Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden: Lonelyplanet, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Curepipe Botanic Gardens: Coolth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mandrinette: Mickaël Schauli, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Comet orchid: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ruizia boutoniana: This illustration was made by Citron You must credit this : Citron / C, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lantana: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ugadi: Kalyan Kanuri, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Watsonia: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chinese New Year: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Thumbai: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Soursop: Damien Boilley, CC BY 2.0, source
- Bergamot Orange: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ebony Family: Abu Shawka, Public domain, source
- Rushes: The original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cathedral bells: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Spiny amaranth: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source