Elaeocarpus bojeri
Elaeocarpus bojeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
Genus: | Elaeocarpus |
Species: | E. bojeri
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Binomial name | |
Elaeocarpus bojeri R.E. Vaughan
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Elaeocarpus bojeri, locally known as a bois dentelle ('lace wood' in French), descriptive of its delicate white flowers)[2] is a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family.[1] The species was once only found close to an Indian temple at Grand Bassin in Mauritius, where fewer than ten individuals were known to grow in the 1990s.[1][2]
Conservation
It is not threatened because of being exploited itself, rather because its environment is being overrun by more commercially attractive alien species such as Psidium cattleyanum and Litsea monopetala.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Atlas Obscura: The Last Two Bois Dentelle Trees Visited 21 May 2016.