(magyarul lásd lent). The following amateur shots were taken as an annex of a botanical photography in December 2004.
Species included in the video:
Mauritius bottle-palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis), rare endemic palm species.
Terminalia catappa, Roystonia palm-alley, Petrea volubilis, Nelumbo nucifera, Victoria amazonica, Dipsochelis elephantina giant turtle, Ficus religiosa.
Pamplemousses. Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden.
In 1735, Labourdonnais, the first French governor of Mauritius (Ile de France at that time) established a vegetable garden to supply boatmen and people in the capital, Port Louis. Soon after, trees from the other French colonies, for instance for fruit and rigging timbers, were planted for the purpose of acclimatization. Between 1810 and 1849 the garden became forlorn. From 1849 James Duncan had started the rehabilitation and development of the garden again and used it as improvement and research base for the sugar industry. To help fight malaria, many thousands of Eucalyptus trees were grown where swamps had been drained. Since 1913, the garden has been under the authority of the Agricultural ministry.
Access is free for visitors. Many people come to visit from the capital.
(Hungarian reference: article by Reményi E. Le Jardin des Pamplemousses. Maurice: Typographie du Mercantile Record Company 1887.)
The garden is compellingly beautiful and in very good condition despite frequent attendance. When you are there you see many security people but not many signs describing the plant species. Perhaps only 15% are described.
Some species are represented by huge specimens.
About 80 palm and about 40 indigenous plants from the the Mascarene Islands can be found among the nearly 600 species of the garden. In plantgeographical aspect Mauritius is a member of the Mascarene Islands, which got their name from a Portugese boatman, Pero Mascarenhas, who was the first to put these islands on European maps. Other islands of the group are Reunion (formerly Bourbon Island), Mauritius and Rodrigues.
English descriptions with a map and list of species can be bought.
Aldabra giant turtles (Seychelle islands) live in a fenced part of the garden. Sonidus Archives contains photos and videos also about the Indonesian deer of the place.
In addition to the photos below, a movie of about 15 minutes was taken.
Photos detailed:
1+5 Ficus religiosa
6+8 Juniperus bermudiana. According to the issue, the pink and fragrant wood of it is used as an anti-asthmatic medicine.
8+10 Swietenia mahagony, Meliaceae, appearance photos, +trunk +leaf. These specimens are about 130 years old and have beautiful straight trunks. Its wood has been very valuable in trade, but since a pest (Hypsiphyla insect) was introduced, the new growth produces degenerate, not straight trunks.
11+15 Tabebuia pallida, Bignoniaceae, Central America, photos of sprout, bud, flower and trunk.
16 Memorial at the main entrance of the Botanical Garden.
17+22 Hyophorbe lagenicaulis (Mascarena revaughanii), Palmae. Mauritius Bottle Palm.
23+27 Terminalia catappa, Combretaceae, Malaysia. Leaf with fruits, leaves with trunk, flowers, inflorescence closeup. Also used as medicinal herb.
28+ Nelumbo nucifera, Indian Lotus
Petrea volubilis video, blue Verbenaceae ornamental plant
28 the pool of Victoria amazonica
29 Diospyros egrettarum ebony tree
The Diospyros tesselaria is the black ebony. Most of the bigger specimens have been logged out long ago. The most valuable part of the tree is the black heartwood (the "nut as called locally) is about half of the diameter of the trunk.
30+32 Polyalthia longifolia, Ashoka tree from India.
33+35 Dombeya mauritiana, Sterculiaceae
36 Aegle marmelos, Rutaceae Bael tree
37+41 Cordia sebestena. Flower, sprout, appearance picture. Planted in parks (e.g. we have seen it in the Port Louis town park) as ornamental plant also its fruit is fleshy and edible.
42+43 Terminalia bentzoe, Combretaceae (benzoin) leaves, appearance.
44+47 Gastonia mauritiana, Araliaceae. Leaf, inflorescence, appearance.
48+51 Sideroxylon cinereum, cauliflor flowers, sprouts, bud.
52+55 Polyalthia longifolia Ashoka tree sprouts and flowers.
56+59 Lagerstroemia speciosa, Lythraceae. Flowers and habitat. Stem from Japan, Korea, China and NE Australia.
60 Dipsochelis elephantine Aldabra giant turtle (from Seychelle islands)
Costus speciosus, Zingiberaceae. Natives from India and Malaysia, but weeds on Mauritius.
Special thanks to Anna Nundoochan and her husband Mr. Nundoochan for their help and to Imran, our driver.
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A következő amatőr felvételek 2004 december végén készültek egy botanikai fotózás mellékleteként:
A videón szereplő fajok: mauritiusi hordópálma Hyophorbe lagenicaulis ritka endemikus pálma.
Terminalia catappa, Roystonia pálmasor, Petrea volubilis, Nelumbo nucifera, Victoria amazonica, Dipsochelis elephantina óriásteknős, Ficus religiosa
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6:45Mauritiusby losdiketown88,428 views
A garden is one of the best place to take a girl to for a date.
veramann 7 months ago
Köszönöm, hogy a számomra elérhetetlen utazás nélkül is , csodálatos élményben volt részem, ebben a különleges botanikai parkban., a nagyszerű videó és a jó szívű "utazó" kedvessége folytán.
Köszönöm. még egyszer. H.
hajnika46 1 year ago