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Exotic Flora of Sun Island
We were making our way down a trail at the edge of a large plantation in Sun Island. Then a pleasant freshness with the wind caught our breath, a fruit bat flew over us and bees buzzed near our ears and sat on the noni flowers. A dragonfly skitted across the surface of collected pools along the sides of the trail, a koel started singing its melodious song from within the banana white cloud. Yes!!! A breathtaking aroma caught our attention; it was a, very "floral" and sweet scent. "Mignonette" (Henna) - we learned later... read on...
Annona glabra, also known as pond apple or alligator apple come from L., Annonaceae family. A semi0deciduous tree which is usually 3-8 m high, the trunk narrowly buttressed at the base, leaves oblong-ellipticall, and 7-15 cm long, up to 6 cm broad. In its beautiful flowers...
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Banana tree or musa paradisiacal sapientum comes from musaceae family. Just about everyone knows what a banana looks like, but not all know what the tree looks like and how to tell when the fruit is ready to be picked..
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The bilimbi or averrhoa bilimbi, L., comes from oxalidaceae family. The tree is attractive, has a short trunk with upright branches. The leaves are clustered at the branch tips. It's small, fragrant, 5-pettalled flowers are dark-purple, are borne in small hairy principle....
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This plant is named after Louis de Bougainville, who was a French Navigator. He found these beauties while in Brazil and brought them back to his home in Europe for cultivation. This plant is also known as the "paper flower" because of the flowers' delicate appearance...
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The breadfruit, Artocarpus altilis belongs to the mulberry family, Moraceae. The breadfruit tree is handsome and fast growing, reaching 85 ft (26m) in height, often with a clear trunk to 20 ft (6m). You will see this tree in our plantation area.......
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Cape Gooseberry or physalis peruvian
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L. comes from colanaceae family. This soft-wooded plant usually
reaches 2 to 3 ft It has ribbed, often purplish, spreading branches,
velvety, heart-shaped, point leaves. The tree bears globular berries with
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Coconut (Dhivehi Ruh)
Coconut or cocos nucifera
comes from the Arecaceae, palm family. It is a multi purpose tree.
The seed tissue (endosperm) in its fruit is used fresh or dried, it has a
pleasant, mild and nutty fragrance, with a hint of sweetness. The dry
coconuts are scraped and used in Maldivian Cuisine...
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Curry Leaves (Hikandhi Fai)
Corry leaves or murraya
koenigii spreng. comes from rutaceae citrus family. Fresh leaves
has a very fresh and pleasant aroma. The small leaves comes in thin stalks
and often the top braches are cut and the leaves remain in these branches
till usage....
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Custard Apple (Dhivehi Atha)
Custard Apple or Annona
reticulate tree is erect, with a rounded or spreading crown and trunk 10
to 14 in thick. height ranges from 15 to 35 ft. The ill-smelling leaves are
deciduous, oblong or narrow-lanceolat, 4 to 8 in long, with conspicuous
veins...
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Flamboyant Tree (Reethigas)
Flamboyant Tree or Delonix regia also known as flame tree or
Poinciana is a
medium sized, deciduous, broad-crowned ornamental tree of rapid growth. In
Sun Island its been planted for shade and looks, Its' leaves mostly 30-60cm
long. with 10-20 pairs of pinnae, these about 10 cm long...
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These beautiful flowers are most commonly seen as white with a diffused yellow center, or bright pink with a yellow to orange center. The flowers grow singly or clustered among narrow to broadly elliptical leaves. The basic branching pattern of a frangipani look like 'Y's. There are many varieties of...
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Native to tropics and subtropics, this beautiful yellow flower can be found thriving yea around on Sun Island. Though not so abundant its planted because it has very beautiful bell like yellow flowers. Not only is it a pleasure to look at, but historically, it has proved to have great medicine...
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Guava or psidium guajava L. comes from myrtaceae family. A small tree to 33ft high, with spreading branches, the guava is easy to recognize because of its smooth, think copper colored bark that flakes off, showing the greenish layer beneath....
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Guettarda speciosa comes from rubiaceae family. This magnificent tree is very common on all atolls where it grows wild. This is a small tree with dark green leaves, 20-25 cm. long, ususally blunt, but sometimes acute at the end.....
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Helianthus debilis or beach sunflower comes from Compositae / Asteraceae (Daisy/aster family). Beach sunflower may be erect, 3-4' tall, or a much-branched, prostrate, spreading plant less than 18" tall, but covering a couple square feet or more.....
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I was making my way down a trail at the edge of a large plantation in Sun Island. Then a pleasant freshness with the wind caught my breath, a fruit bat flew over me and bees buzzed near my ears and again sat on the noni flowers. A dragonfly skitted across the surface of collected pools ...
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