''Boerhavia elegans'' is a species of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family,
Nyctaginaceae.
It is one of the species that compose the "tortoise turf", the food source of the
Aldabra giant tortoise, of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles.
References
External links
''Boerhavia elegans''at the
International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
''Boerhavia elegans''at
Tropicos
elegans
Plants described in 1849
Flora of Seychelles
Nyctaginaceae
Taxa named by Jacques Denys Choisy
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