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Jardin De L'État
The Jardin de l'État, formerly known as the Jardin du Roy, is a historic botanical garden on the island of Réunion, found in the capital Saint-Denis, Réunion, Saint-Denis. Planted with trees and spices taken from outside the island by Pierre Poivre, the garden is home to a Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Réunion, natural history museum opened in August 1855. The garden was built from 1767 to 1773. The garden's golden era came at the beginning of the 19th century, when its plants were tended to by famous botanists such as Joseph Hubert, Nicolas Bréon and Jean-Michel-Claude Richard. At that time the garden housed 2000 species. 7000 of its plants were distributed to the islanders in 1825 as part of a scheme to improve the colonial agriculture. Today, the garden's main entrance faces the historic ''Rue de Paris''. In the garden itself a bust of Pierre Poivre and a Wallace fountain. History The Jardin de l'État was classified as a monument historique by the French Government ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Saint Denis may refer to: People * Saint Denis of Paris, 3rd-century Christian martyr and saint, patron saint of Paris * Denis the Carthusian (1402–1471) * Brent St. Denis (born 1950), Canadian politician * Frédéric St-Denis (born 1986), Canadian hockey player * Janou Saint-Denis (1930–2000), Canadian poet and actress * Jon St. Denis (born c. 1978), a Canadian curler * Joseph St. Denis (1870–1966), Canadian politician * Lise St-Denis (born 1940), Canadian politician * Louis Juchereau de St. Denis (1676–1744), French-Canadian soldier and explorer * Richard St. Denis, American wheelchair charity founder * Ruth St. Denis, American dancer * Yves St-Denis, Canadian politician * Benoît Saint Denis, French mixed martial artist Places Canada * Saint-Denis (electoral district), in Quebec 1917–1997 * Saint Denis Street, in Montreal, Quebec * Saint-Denis-De La Bouteillerie, Quebec, formerly called Saint-Denis * Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, Quebec * Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbados Pride
''Caesalpinia pulcherrima'' is a species of flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae, native to the tropics and subtropics of the Americas. It could be native to the West Indies, but its exact origin is unknown due to widespread cultivation. Common names for this species include poinciana, peacock flower, red bird of paradise, Mexican bird of paradise, dwarf poinciana, pride of Barbados, flos pavonis, and ''flamboyant-de-jardin''. The Hawaiian name for this plant is ʻohai aliʻi. Description It is a shrub growing to 3 m tall. In climates with few to no frosts, this plant will grow larger and is semievergreen. In Hawaii this plant is evergreen and grows over 5 m tall. Grown in climates with light to moderate freezing, it will die back to the ground during the winter, but will rebound in mid- to late spring. This species is more sensitive to cold than others. The leaves are bipinnate, 20–40 cm long, bearing three to 10 pairs of pinnae, each with six to 10 pairs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysophyllum Cainito
''Chrysophyllum cainito'' is a tropical tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the Isthmus of Panama, where it was domesticated. It has spread to the Greater Antilles and the West Indies and is now grown throughout the tropics, including Southeast Asia. It grows rapidly and reaches 20 meters in height. Name The common names cainito and caimito likely come from the Mayan words (juice), (breast), and (sap), via Spanish. Star apple is a common name. It is also known as the purple apple. Description Tree The leaves are evergreen, alternate, simple oval, entire, 5–15 cm long; the underside shines with a golden color when seen from a distance. The tiny flowers are purplish white and have a sweet fragrant smell. The tree is also hermaphroditic (self-fertile). It produces a strong odor. Fruit The fruit is globose and typically measures from 2 to 3 inches in diameter. When ripe, it usually has purple skin with a faint green area appearing around the calyx. A radi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishtail Palm
''Caryota'' is a genus of Arecaceae, palm trees. They are often known as fishtail palms because of the shape of their leaves. There are about 13 species native to Asia (China, India, Indonesia, etc.), northern Australia, and the South Pacific Ocean, South Pacific. One of the more widely known species is ''Caryota urens'', the flowers of which are used to make one type of jaggery (an unrefined sugar), and also to make palm wine. ''Caryota mitis'' is native to Indochina, but has become an invasive introduced species in the US state of Florida. They are also one of the few Arecaceae with bipinnate foliage. Many grow in mountainous areas and are adapted to warm mediterranean climates as well as subtropical and tropical climates.Govaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Fishtail palms contain raphides. Species Gallery File:Fishtail palm.JPG, Fishtail palm at Bhopal File:Fishtail palm1.JPG, Fishta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caryota Mitis
''Caryota mitis'', known as the clustering fishtail palm or fishtail palm, is a species of palm native to Tropical Asia from India to Java to southern China, now sparingly naturalized in southern Florida and in parts of Africa and Latin America. The species was originally described from Vietnam in 1790. In Florida, it grows in hummocks and in disturbed wooded areas. Botany ''Caryota mitis'' has clustered stems up to 10 m (33 feet) tall and 15 cm (6 inches) in diameter. Leaves can be up to 3 m (10 feet) long. Each leaf is made of many pairs of leaflets shaped like caudal fin, tail fins that give this palm its name. Flowers are purple and grow on hanging spikes. Its fruits turn dark purple or red when they are ripe, they are harmful to humans.Loureiro, João de. Flora Cochinchinensis 2: 569–570. 1790. The tree slowly deteriorates not long after it bears fruit. Uses Cultivated mainly as an ornament plant in Cambodia, where it is named ''tunsaé töch'', traditional he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Poison Tree
''Barringtonia asiatica'', known variously as fish poison tree, putat and beach Barrintonia among other names, is a species of plants in the brazil nut family Lecythidaceae. It is native to coastal habitats from Tanzania and Madagascar in the west to tropical Asia, northern Australia, and islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It was described by Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz in 1875 and has a conservation status of least concern. It has been used by a number of traditional cultures as a fish poison. Description This is a tree which will usually grow to a height of about , occasionally to , and a trunk diameter of up to diameter. The trunk is irregularly shaped and often leaning, the bark is dark and coarse. The leaves are , or pear-shaped, being widest at the tip and narrowest at the base. They are glossy green and somewhat waxy, and may reach up to about long and wide. The margin is without lobes and the petiole (leaf stalk) is very short or absent. Flowers are produced in erect ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Goddess Bamboo
Golden means made of, or relating to gold. Golden may also refer to: Places United Kingdom *Golden, in the parish of Probus, Cornwall *Golden Cap, Dorset *Golden Square, Soho, London *Golden Valley, a valley on the River Frome in Gloucestershire *Golden Valley, Herefordshire United States *Golden, Colorado, a town West of Denver, county seat of Jefferson County *Golden, Idaho, an unincorporated community *Golden, Illinois, a village * Golden Township, Michigan * Golden, Mississippi, a village *Golden City, Missouri, a city *Golden, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Golden, Nebraska, ghost town in Burt County *Golden Township, Holt County, Nebraska *Golden, New Mexico, a sparsely populated ghost town *Golden, Oregon, an abandoned mining town *Golden, Texas, an unincorporated community * Golden, Utah, a ghost town *Golden, Marshall County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere *Golden, County Tipperary, Ireland, a village on the River Suir *Golden Vale, Munste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bambusa Glaucescens
''Bambusa multiplex'' is a species of bamboo native to China (provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan), Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, and northern Indochina. It is also naturalized in Japan, Iraq, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Pakistan, parts of South America, the West Indies, and the southeastern United States (Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ..., Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Alabama). ''B. multiplex'' forms a medium-sized clump with slender culms (stems) and dense foliage. This bamboo is suitable for hedges and live fences since the stems and foliage form a dense growth that create an effective barrier. The height of the stems under ideal conditions is about 10 ft. Propagation is through rhizome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
