1 | FAMILY:
ANACARDIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Poupartia castanea COMMON NAME: Bois
Lubine STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: Morne
seche DESCRIPTION: |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Poupartia pubescens COMMON NAME: Bois de
poupart; Bois blanc STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Chamarel.
Found on rocky, steep slope of the West. DESCRIPTION: A small
tree with whitish bark. Endemic |
2 | FAMILY:
ANNONACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Xylopia
amplexicaulis COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION:
Petrin DESCRIPTION: A shrub
reaching 1.5-2m high or small tree, branches cylindrical,
bark brown, finely striated longitudinally, glabrous. Leaves sessile,
very close to each other, limb dark green, radiant, coriaceous, oblong to oval
oblong, twisted at the base, pointed to obtuse at the tip, glabrous on both
sides. Flowers axillary, solitary, pedicels firm, 5-20mm long, glabrescent.
Petals are 6, valvate. Fruit have pedicel 2.5-3 cm long, red carmine at
maturity, and glabrous.
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3. | FAMILY:
APOCYNACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Ochrosia borbonica COMMON NAME: Bois
jaune;Quinquina du pays STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: L'example Bel
Ombre DESCRIPTION: A tree
reaching 20 – 40 feet high and glabrous in all its parts. Leaves are 3 rarely 4
in a whorl, distinctly petioled, oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse or
subacute, cuneate at the base, 3-6 inch long, glossy, with numerous parallel
distinct spreading veins below. Flowers are dense,
sessile or in short peduncled terminal cymes; pedicels short, with densely
imbricated small persistent bracts. Drupes, ovoid or oblong, pointed, above an
inch long.
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4. | FAMILY:
ARALIACEAE |
(i)
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SCIENTIFIC
NAME: Polyscias gracilis
COMMON NAME: Bois boeuf;
Bois papaye STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Small tree
reaching 2-3m high, branches crowned, 10-15mm diameter. Leaves slender, 15-30cm
long, limb oblong, oblong to elliptical, obtuse at the
tip, very asymmetrical and more or less rounded at the base, thin. Inflorescence
is in panicles, 15-22cm long, formed by umbel. Petals 5-6. Fruit is sub
spherical to ovoid |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Polyscias neraudiana COMMON NAME: Bois boeuf;
Bois papaye STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Shrub
reaching 3-4m high, bark grayish brown, scaly, twigs 7-13mm in diameter. Leaves
grouped at the top of twigs, base of petiole thickened. Foliage sometimes
coriaceous, limb elliptical to oblong to oval to asymmetrical at the base,
rounded to pointed at the tip. Inflorescence lateral, inserted below the leaves.
Peduncle is 1-4cm long. Flowers are sub sessile or with pedicel 4mm long and
enlarged. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Polyscias paniculata COMMON NAME: Bois boeuf;
Bois papaye STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: An erect,
glabrous shrub, with stout terete branchlets. It has long petioled leaves; blade
6-9 inch long; leaflets usually 7, short-stalked, oblong, obtuse, shining,
sub-coriaceous, deltoid or rather rounded at base, 4-6 inch long. Flowers are
dense subspicate, peduncled racemes 2-4 inch long, with
a rosette of lanceolate bracts at the base before expansion; pedicels very short
and thick, not articulated, with a distinct cupule clasping the calyx. Corolla
is hemispherical; petals and stamens about 16. Fruit is hemispherical with 6
falcate styles and 6 deep grooves. |
5. | FAMILY:
BEGONIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Begonia
salaziensis COMMON NAME: Begonia
sauvage; Oseille marronne STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Bassin
Blanc DESCRIPTION: Plant with
straight bud or curved. Leaves oblong. Flowers white. Plants suffuescent
ramified, glabrous, about 30cm to 2.4m high; bud straight; lamina oval-oblong
pointed or acuminate, bright green, margin sineuse; petiole 4-10cm
long. Inflorescence in axillary cyme having both female and male flowers,
white tepals. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Colea
colei COMMON NAME: Bois
margoze STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: Le Pouce;
Perrier DESCRIPTION: Shrub
reaching the height of 3-5 metre, with a unique stalk or little branched out.
Flowers are tubular, lavender-pink, and yellow inside. Flowering season is
March/April. Flowers are found in groups of protuberances or knob at the bud.
Fruits are elongated. |
6. | FAMILY:
CAMPANULACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lobelia
serpens COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A perennial
herb, with wide-trailing slender mostly glabrous stems, simple or with ascending
branches. Leaves are membranous, abundant; lower oblanceolate, short-petioled,
the rest linear, sessile, 1/12 to 1/8 inch broad, obscurely or distinctly
toothed, under an inch long, narrowed from the middle to the base and pointed.
Flowers are found from the axils of the upper leaves in a lax raceme; pedicels ¼ to ½ inch long, mostly shorter than their subtending
leaves. Corolla is ¼ inch long; lobes blue, lower obovate, the throat
yellowish, blue spotted. Capsule obovoid, ¼ inch long, scarely protruding from
the calyx-tube. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Nesocodon mauritianus COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Cascade
500ft DESCRIPTION: A small
shrub reaching 30 – 40cm high, branched at the base, ascending, glabrous, with
distinct foliage scares. Leaves inserted in helice, narrowly grouped on the
apical bud, linearly-obovate or strictly oblong, pointed, sessile, glabrous,
bright green. Flowers are solitary. Fruit of capsule type. |
7. | FAMILY:
CELASTRACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pleurostylia leucocarpa COMMON NAME: Bois
d'Olive des Seychelles STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: Gaulette
Seree DESCRIPTION: A
much-branched shrub, 12 – 15 feet high, glabrous throughout, with quadrangular
branchlets. Leaves are short petioled, obovate-oblong, coriaceous, shining,
venulose, obtuse or emarginate, 1 - 1 1/2 inch long; base cuneate. Flowers are
in short peduncled axillary cymes; pedicels very short. Petals oblong, whitish,
1/12 inch deep. Capsule rather fleshy, 1/6 inch long,
obliquely tipped by the short persistent style, containing 1 large dark brown
obovoid seed. |
8. | FAMILY:
CLUSIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Calophyllum parviflorum COMMON NAME: Tatamaka a
petite feuilles STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION:
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9. | FAMILY:
COMBRETACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Cylindrocline commersonii COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Le
Pouce DESCRIPTION: Small shrub
reaching 1 meter in height with branches thick, expanded and covered on top with
a dense, woolly hair growth. Leaves are pale golden green in colour. Flowers are
dark pink and small. Flowering season is February to May. Found on Le
Pouce. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Cylindrocline lorencei COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Flowering
season is Dec to Jan and June. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Faujasia salicifolia COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Indeterminate LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Faujasiopsis boivinii COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Extinct LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Faujasiopsis reticulata COMMON NAME:
L'Oreille de Souris STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Corps de
Garde DESCRIPTION: Small shrub
with leaves oval to subcircular. Flowers are white and often with a tinch of
purple pink. |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Helichrysum caespitosum COMMON NAME: Immortelle
du Pouce; Immortelle du pays STATUS:
Petrin LOCATION: Le Pouce,
Trois Mamelles, Corps de Garde DESCRIPTION: Smaller
than a small shrub and are found in tufts. Leaves are tomentose and silvery gray
on both surfaces. Found on rocky cliff and fissure. Le Pouce, Trois Mamelles,
Corps de Garde. |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Helichrysum proteoides COMMON NAME: Immortelle
du Pouce; Immortelle du pays STATUS:
Unknown LOCATION:
Florin DESCRIPTION: Small shrub
reaching 2 m in height. Leaves covered with whitish hairs. Found on humid summit
of mountains. |
(viii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Helichrysum yuccifolium COMMON NAME: Immortelle
du Pouce STATUS:
Rare LOCATION:
Petrin DESCRIPTION: Small shrub
reaching a height of 2-3 meters height. Leaves silvery white, typical of
indigenous forest and lives in between the heath. |
(ix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Parafaujasia mauritiana (pinifolia) COMMON NAME: Bois
cassant STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION:
Petrin DESCRIPTION: Small shrub
very rare, reaching the height of 3 meters. Leaves linear. Flowers yellow, 3mm
long. |
(x) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Psiadia
balsamica COMMON NAME: Baume d'Ile
Plate STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
(xi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Psiadia
canescens COMMON NAME: Baume d'Ile
Plate STATUS:
Unknown LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
(xii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Psiadia
cataractae COMMON NAME: Baume d'Ile
Plate STATUS:
Unknown LOCATION:
Tamarind Falls DESCRIPTION: |
(xiii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Psiadia
lithospermifolia COMMON NAME: Baume d'Ile
Plate STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: Le
Morne DESCRIPTION: |
10. | FAMILY:
CUNONIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Weinmannia biviniana COMMON NAME: Arbre
mouche a miel; Arbre a miel STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Small tree
reaching 6 metre in height. Leaves are pennee and numerous. Flowers are small,
numerous and whitish. Flowering season is Jan – July. The bark is rich in
tannin |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Weinmannia tinctoria COMMON NAME: Arbre
mouche a miel STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Cascade
500ft DESCRIPTION: |
11. | FAMILY:
EBENACAEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros angulata COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Tree
reaching 20m high, with only one trunk; bark almost black. Leaves with hardy
petiole; elliptical, +- cuneiform or rarely rounded at the base, obtuse on top,
subcoriaceous but still flexible, glabrous on both surfaces, shiny and dark
green on top, paler beneath. Female flowers are solitary. Fruit: a berry, 4-5cm
long, ovoid. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros boutoniana COMMON NAME: Bois
d'ebene marbre a grosses feuilles STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: Morne seche;
Ile aux Aigrettes DESCRIPTION: Shrub
reaching 5-6 m high, generally with only one trunk, of 15-25cm in diameter; bark
almost black. Twigs, relatively thick. Leaves with hardy petiole, 2-3m in
length; lamina, oboval-oblong, cuneiform at the base, obtuse on top, coriaceous,
rigid, glabrous on both surfaces, dark green on the upper surface and paler
beneath. Male flowers, in cluster. Female flowers, solitary. Fruit: a berry, +-
spherical or oboval, 5cm in length. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros chrysophyllos COMMON NAME: Bois
d'ebene blanc STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A small
tree, with glabrous very zigzag slender branchlets. Leaves are oblong or
oblong-lanceolate, glossy, green above, coriaceous, subacute, deltoid at the
base, 3-5 inch long, only the distant branching main veins beneath raised;
petiole ½ to 1 inch long. Flowers are1-4, sessile in the axils of the
leaves. Fruits are nearly globose, pulpy, above an inch long, 7-10 –
celled. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros diversifolia COMMON NAME: Bois
d'ebene STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A small
much-branched glabrous tree of about 15 feet, with pale ashy leafy branches.
Leaves are elliptical rounded at the apex, rigidly coriaceous, dark green and
glossy above, pale green with reddish midrib and delicate reticulation beneath;
those of the barren bottom-shoots or of young trees linear, petiole 1/16 to ¼
inch. long. Fruits are sessile, globose or oblong,
1-11/2 inch, 12-or fewer-celled, resting at the base on a thick shortly
5-6-lobed appressed calyx. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros egrettarum COMMON NAME: Bois
d'ebene marbre STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Ile aux
Aigrettes DESCRIPTION: Small tree
reaching 5-6m high, with relatively hard trunk, branched out relatively low,
with semispherical cyme; bark grey, but covered with lichen. The small branches
and the twigs are generally inserted at about 90º. Oval-oblong Juvenile leaves,
12cm long, have purple secondary veins on the lower surface. Mature leaves have
thick and short petiole. Lamina is oval, heart-shaped at the base, +- obtuse at
the tip, coriaceous, rigid, glabrous on both side, paler beneath. Inflorescence
of 3-8 whereby male and female flowers are similar. Berry spherical or ovoid,
3-4cm long. |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros hemiteles COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION:
Chamarel DESCRIPTION: Tree
reaching 8m high with dark grey bark. The leaves, 15mm long, have slender thin
petiole; lamina is oval-elliptical, +- cuneiform at the base, obtuse at the tip,
subcoriaceous but still flexible, glabrous on both faces, paler
beneath. Solitary male flowers, rarely 2, in the axil of the leaves. Solitary
female flowers. Corolla with tube 12mm, 6-8 lobes oboval. Berry is ovoid or elliptical,
about 3cm long. |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros leucomelas COMMON NAME: Bois
d'ebene marbre; bois d'ebene a veines STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION:
Cabinet DESCRIPTION: A shrub or
a low tree, with glabrous nearly straight terete branchlets. Leaves are nearly
sessile, oblong, obtuse, 4-6 inch long, rigidly coriaceous, glossy, cordate at
the base, with only the main veins raised below. Flowers are1-3 from the nodes,
surrounded by several round dry persistent bracts. Corolla - tube longer than
the calyx, silky on the outside; lobes 5-6, round, spreading, orange-red. Fruits
are globose, smooth, shining, 11/4 inch broad. |
(viii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros melanida COMMON NAME: Bois
d'ebene marbre; bois d'ebene a veines STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: Morne
seche DESCRIPTION: A tree,
with slender terete virgate glabrous branchlets. Leaves are oblong, obtuse,
rigidly coriaceous, glossy, bright green, 3-4 inch long, deltoid or rather
rounded at the base, the principal anastomosing veins only raised beneath;
petiole ¼ -1/3 inch long. Flowers are 1-4 from crowded nodes, the bracts very
minute. Fruit-calyx nearly flat, above an inch broad, the lobes produced at the
border into a broad reflexed-crisped wing. Corolla - lobes 5-6, 1/3inch long and
broad, round-obovate, densely brown-silky on the outside. Fruits are glossy, an
inch thick. |
(ix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros neraudii COMMON
NAME: STATUS: Vulnerable;
Protected LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Tree
reaching a height of about 10m having smooth brown bark. The leaves have quite
slender and thin petiole,5-10mm long; lamina is oval, elliptical or rhombical ,
+- rounded or heart-shaped at the base, almost always obtuse at the tip,
subcoriaceous but still supple, glabrous on both surface, dull green. Flowers
are solitary and sessile. A green berry which look
likes a gland of the chene with its cupule, 3cm long, ovoid. |
(x) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros nodosa COMMON
NAME: STATUS: Vulnerable;
Protected LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A
much-branched shrub, with grey glabrous branches with the close nodes much
thickened. Leaves are oblong, rigidly coriaceous, glossy, obtuse or rather
pointed, 2-3 inch long, rounded at the base, the main veins beneath very fine
and little raised; petiole ¼-1/2 long. Flowers are 1-2, nearly sessile at the
crowded nodes. |
(xi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros pterocalyx COMMON NAME: Bois
d'ebene a calices alle STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION:
Macchabe DESCRIPTION: Shrub of
2-4m high, generally with several slender and thin trunks with the bark almost
black. Leaves with slender and thin petiole, 8-10mm long; lamina is
elliptical,+- cuneiform at the base, rather obtuse at
the tip, subcoriaceous but still flexible, glabrous on both surfaces, paler
beneath. Flowers are solitary. An ovoid berry, 3-5cm long. |
(xii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Diospyros revaughanii COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: Bel
Ombre DESCRIPTION: Shrub
reaching a height of 3-4m, without cyme. The trunk is slender and thin,
branching rather low. The bark is grey but covered with lichens. Branches and
twigs are thick, almost inserted at 90º. Juvenile leaves, oval-oblong, petiole,
12-15cm long, with purple secondary veins beneath. Adult leaves are sessile or
subsessile with thick petiole. Leaf blade is +- circular, heart-shaped at the
base, obtuse at the tip, coriaceous, rigid, glabrous on both surface, paler
beneath. Flowers are found in glomerule of 3-8. The berry is spherical or ovoid,
3-5cm long, sticky. |
12. | FAMILY:
ELAEOCARPACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Elaeocarpus bojeri COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Grand
Bassin DESCRIPTION: A shrub or
small tree, glabrous except on the young parts bearing very small hairs.
Stipules absent. Leaves inserted in helix, grouped at the top of twigs, petiole
8-30mm long, lamina is oval to elliptical. Flowers are 4-7, pendulous, flower
bud ovoid. Petals are 5, obovate, glabrous on the exterior but hairy close to
the base, on the margins and interior, and divided in 3-5 lobes. Disc with lobe
rounded, velvet. Young fruit strictly fusiform. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Elaeocarpus integrifolius COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A tree
reaching 15m high, trunk compressed and branches thickened and vegetative part
glabrescent. Stipules reduced. Leaves close to one another, opposed, petiole
hard, 4-8mm long, limb dark green, more or less oblong, sometimes elliptical,
pointed to rounded at the tip, twisted to rounded at
the base, coriaceous. Inflorescence axillary, 8-16cm long, bears 9-18 flowers
with pedicels 8-17mm long. Petals are 4, largely oboval or obtriangular, 9-12mm
long. Disc quite big. Fruit is ellipsoid, pointed at the tip. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Elaeocarpus serratus COMMON NAME:
Olivier Ceylon STATUS: LOCATION: Jardin de
Pamplemousses. DESCRIPTION: A tree
median in size. Fruits ovoid and sickly sweet. |
13. | FAMILY:
ERICACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Agauria
salicifolia COMMON NAME: Bois
cabris STATUS:
Rare LOCATION:
Tamarind Falls DESCRIPTION: A much
branched glabrous shrub, 4-5 feet high. Distinctly petioled, lanceolate, entire,
acuminate, cuneate at the base, green above, pale beneath, 2-3 inch long, ¼ -1/2
inch broad. Flowers are abundant close subsecund axillary and terminal racemes
2-3 inch long; pedicels spreading, 1/8 –1/4 inch long. Corolla is oblong,
purplish, ¼ -1/3 inch long. Fruit is a globose, glabrous capsule, the size of a
pea, splitting into 5 valves, girt by the persistent clasping
calyx. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Phillippia abietina COMMON NAME: Bruyere des
montagnes STATUS:
Rare LOCATION:
Petrin DESCRIPTION: A
much-branched shrub, 2-5 feet high, with crowded erect branches. Leaves are ¼
-1/3 long, erecto-patent, densely crowded, glossy on both sides, ligulate,
rigidly coriaceous, with revolute edges. Flowers are clustered at the end of the
branches in the axils of the leaves, on very short pedicels. Corolla is
campanulate, reddish-brown. |
14. | FAMILY:
ERYTHROXYLACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Erythroxylum hypericifolium COMMON NAME: Bois a
balais; Bois d'huile; bois de dames STATUS: Not
threatened LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A small
tree reaching 7-8m high, trunk 15-20cm diameters, bark smooth, pale gray.
Branches bear numerous lenticels, flattened and slender at the level of leaves.
Foliated limb is pale green, elliptical, 1.2-1.5 cm long. Petiole is red, 2-3mm
long, juvenile plant having leaves 3-4mm long, heterophyllous. Flowers are
solitary, 3-4mm diameter. Petals are 5, 3mm long, white. Fruit is radiant red,
pulp waterlogged, ellipsoidal, and pendulous at the end of the slender
pedicel. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Erythroxylum laurifolium COMMON NAME: Bois de
ronde STATUS:
Unknown LOCATION:DESCRIPTION: A
shrub reaching 7m high, trunk 10-15cm diameter at the base. Branches flattened,
thick by 4-5mm. Leaves with limb more or less strictly elliptical, exterior dark
green, interior pale green. Flowers solitary or usually found in fascicles of 3
or 7, the branches bear numerous scales forming an inflorescence composed of
10-12 fascicles, pedicels 5-13mm long. Flowers are 10-14mm diameter. Petals are
5-9mm long. Drupe is red, pulp watterlogged, 1.5-2 cm long, weakly curved.
Flower season is September to October and January to February. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Erythroxylum macrocarpum COMMON NAME: Bois
piment; bois de ronde STATUS: Not
threatened LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A shrub
reaching 3-5m high. Leaves with limb oboval sometimes subcircular or strictly
elliptical, thick, dark green above, interior side greenish white, juvenile
leaves more straight than the adult ones. Flowers
solitary or in fascicle of 3, sometimes numerous fascicles are grouped on
foliated branches. Pedicels are 0.8-1cm long in section, more or less
pentagonal. Flowers 6-7mm diameter, calyx 1,5mm long. Petals 6mm long,
elliptical or oboval. Drupe red, a little curved, 1-1,5cm long. Flower season
February to March. |
15. | FAMILY:
EUPHORBIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Claoxylon linostachys COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Macchabee; Mt
rest DESCRIPTION: Shrub, 6 to
10 feet high, with terete glabrous branchlets. Leaves are oblongceolate-oblong,
coriaceous, scrabrous on both surfaces, deltoid or obtuse at the tip, cuneate at
the base, 4-8 inch long, obscurely crenulate; petiole 1/8 –1/4 inch
long. Flowers are in lax racemes 4-6 inch long, on 2-3 inch axillary
peduncles. Type of fruits: Capsule glabrous, under ¼ inch broad, deeply
3-lobed.
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(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Croton
vaughanii COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION:
Perrier DESCRIPTION: A tree
reaching 7m high, with crowned branches. Leaves become reddish orange before
senescence. Branches more or less longitudinally wrinkled, scales cover the
young parts. Leaves are grouped at the top of branches, petiole 1-1,5cm long,
scaly as the branches, limb very oval to sub-circular, obtuse or rounded at the
tip, rounded to sub-twisted at the base, having at the juvenile state like the
branches, of dense scaly hairs.
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(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Drypetes caustica COMMON NAME: Bois bleu;
Bois de bitte STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A tree
reaching 20m high. Bark grayish, pale, and slender. Leaves dense, of a dark gray
colour. Leaves alternate, distant to one another, petiole
5-10mm long, generally turn black when dry, limb elliptical or
oval-elliptical, suppressed at the tip and base, glabrous, adult stage
coriaceous. Flowers 1-4, pedicels 5-8mm long, glabrous or bear very short hairs.
Male and female flower present. Fruit globose to ellipsoidal, yellowish orange
with brown points dispersed on it. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Lautembergia neraudiana COMMON NAME: Bois
caf-caf; Kafkaf STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Small tree
reaching 6m high, trunk 15cm diameters, bark brownish pink, quite smooth.
Branches usually grooved becoming hard by the presence of lenticels and
persistent protuberances onto which are inserted the leaves. Leaves sometimes
grouped in pseudo-whorl, sometimes distant, petiole 3-10cm long, limb oboval to
elliptical at the tip, generally obtuse or rounded at the base. Male
inflorescence multiflore, usually grouped on the
branches which are slender and ramified from the base, 12cm long, short hairs,
+_ velvet. Flower bud is 1-2mm long, +_ tetragonal. Female inflorescence is in
raceme, 7cm long having same hairiness as male inflorescence, lobes triangular.
Capsule rounded, trilobed, 7-8mm long. Flowers rarely. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Macaranga mauritiana COMMON NAME: Bois
violon STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Small tree,
15 to 20 feet high, with stout branchlets marked by the scars of fallen
leaves. Young parts clothed with brown tomentum, which entirely disappears from
the mature leaves. Leaves are subcoriaceous, glabrous, ½-1 foot long, entire,
deltoid at the apex, equally rounded at the base, nearly as broad as long;
petiole 3-4 inch long. Flowers are of both sexes on ascending peduncles from the
axils of the crowded leaves. Males in dense clusters, sessile, terminal and
lateral on the peduncles, subtended by tomentose foliaceous bracts with large
glands near the edge. Female flowers few to a peduncle. Type of fruits: Capsule
follicular, glabrous, half an inch long, obliquely globose, crowned by the
remains of the cylindrical style and large lanceolate
stigma.
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16. | FAMILY:
FLACOURTIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Casaeria coriacea COMMON NAME: Bois
callant STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A shrub or
small tree reaching 7-8m high, young branches in zigzag, bark reddish brown,
with numerous lenticels. Leaves have limb of variable form, size and texture,
more or less oval, oboval, elliptical or oblong, obtuse or rounded at the tip,
cuneiform at the base, glabrous. Inflorescence is in fascicles, axillary, 3-6
flowers, pedicels slender and glabrous, 3-8mm long.
Flowers are greenish white. Fruit oblong or conical. 1.5-2.5cm long, 0.8cm
diameter. Flower season November – March. Fruit season May – June. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Casaeria tinifolia COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Small tree
reaching 6-7m high, trunk about 15cm diameter, young
branches a little zigzag, bark reddish brown, with numerous lenticels. Leaves
have limb, entire, glabrous, more or less oval,
elliptical or oblong, obtuse at the tip. Inflorescence is axillary, in fascicles
of 2-3 flowers, pedicels glabrous, 0.8-1.5cm long. Flowers are yellowish white.
Ripe fruit and seed not seen. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Scolopia heterephylla COMMON NAME: Bois
goyave STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: Morne
seche DESCRIPTION: Shrub
reaching 6-7m high, trunk 20-30cm diameter, rarely reaching 15m high and trunk
70cm diameter, sometimes ramified from the base. Bark of trunk platanoid. Young
branches pubescent, adult ones with brownish gray bark and with numerous
lenticels. Leaves of variable form and size, sometimes on the same branches.
Adult leaves have limb that are more or less oval, oval-oblong, obtuse or
rounded and sometimes emarginated at the tip, cuneiform to round at the base.
Flowers hermaphrodite or sometimes only male flowers present that are solitary
in fascicles. Pedicles 4-8mm long, glabrous. Petals 1-3, sometimes absent. Fruit
is bacciform, spherical, 2-3cm diameters at maturity. |
17. | FAMILY:
HERNANDIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Hernandia nymphaeifolia COMMON NAME: Bois
blanc STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Big tree
reaching 10-20m high, bark smooth, pale pinkish brown.
Leaves with petiole 1-5cm above at the base of limb which is 5-17cm long,
glabrous, reddish limb oval, pointed or obtuse at the tip, rounded or rarely
twisted at the base, thin coriaceous, glabrous. Inflorescence is in thyrsus,
multiflore and ramified. Male flowers are ‘3-mere’. Female flowers are ‘4-mere’.
Drupe black, ellipsoidal, armed at the tip of an obtuse hump. |
18. | FAMILY:
ICACINACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Apodytes dimidiata COMMON NAME: Bois bleu;
Bois Marie STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Small tree
reaching a height of 10 cm. Flowers are minute and white with fragrance. Fruit
small changing into a dark purple colour when ripe. Found in forest of middle to
high altitude. |
19. | FAMILY:
LABIATAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Plectranthus madagascariensis COMMON NAME: Baume du
perou STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A perennial
herb, with a procumbent rootstock, from which issue many spreading or erect
densely pilose stems 1-2 feet long. Leaves are petioled, roundish, crenate,
thick, densely pilose, ½ - 1 inch long. Flowers: Raceme, 3-6 in. long of many
distant, dense whorls of 10-12 flowers each, bracteated, by lanceolate, minute
leaves, pedicels very short |
20. | FAMILY:
LAURACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ocotea
laevigata COMMON NAME: Bois de
canelle blanc STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION:
Petrin DESCRIPTION: Tree
reaching very big in height. Young parts and siblings
vegetatives and inflorescence are glabrous. Twigs gray or brown, more slender
than those of Ocotea mascarena . leaves with petiole 1-2.5cm long, quite hard, limb elliptical
to subcircular, pointed to obtuse at the tip, cuneiform to rounded at the base,
coriaceous. Inflorescence in bundles, glabrous, 1-2cm long. Flowers with
glabrous receptacles and tepals. Ripe fruit not seen. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ocotea
lancilimba COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A tree or
shrub with twigs glabrous, bearing very small lenticels. Leaves have petiole
quite slender, 1-1.5cm long, limb strictly elliptical,
acuminate at the tip, pointed at the base, coriaceous and glabrous. Bundles
axillary associated with less distinct vegetative siblings. Pedicels slender,
3.5mm long. Flowers with obconical receptacle, 1mm high. Ripe fruit not
seen. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ocotea
mascarena COMMON NAME: Bois de
canelle blanc STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A tree
reaching at times very big; twigs are gray or brown. Leaves with petiole thick
and large, 1-2cm long, limb strictly oval, elliptical
to oval or oboval, pointed or rounded at the tip, cuneiform or rounded base.
Flowers seem to be in panicles, in bundles on young parts. Flowers with quite
thick pedicels, 1-3mm long. Fruit 3.5cm long, oblong |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ocotea
obtusata COMMON NAME: Bois de
canelle blanc; Bois de canelle ruge STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A
shrub or tree of 15m high in Reunion, 6-9m in Mauritius, twigs brown or gray. Young parts, inflorescence
and siblings vegetative. Leaves with petiole 1-2cm long, limb oboval or
elliptical to subcircular, rounded at the tip, twisted at the base. Juvenile
leaves strictly oval . inflorescence in bundles on young parts and short. Pedicels
slender, 3-5mm long. Flower white with small receptacle, obconical. Fruit 2.5cm
long, ellipsoidal. |
21. | FAMILY:
LEEACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Leea
guineensis COMMON NAME: Bois
sureau; Bois boeuf STATUS:
Rare LOCATION:DESCRIPTION:
Shrub reaching the height of 2-10 metre. Bud is straight, less branched and
rethread at the knot. Leaves are composite and grouped at the extremities of
branches. Flowers are small on loose bunch and in the colour range coral red to
orange. Indigenous. Found in forest and ravine and shady places. Used as
antiseptic, detergent and as a cure for ulcer, wound and tambave. |
22. | FAMILY:
LILACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Astelia
hemichryse COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION:
Petrin DESCRIPTION: Rhizotomous
herb, +-cespiteuse. Leaves are linear, gradually attenuated at the tip,
glabrous, with thin epidermal scales on the upper surface, and on the lower
surface the scales are appressed, brownish, hairs are
found at the base. Peduncle is 30-60cm long, densely covered with hairy
scales. Inflorescence reaching 2cm long; male inflorescence is +- loose; female
inflorescence is more dense. Flowers are sessile. Fruit is orange
yellow. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Cordyline mauritiana COMMON NAME: Bois de
chandelle STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION:
Mare-longue DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
bush, dioecious, totally glabrous, usually is an epiphyte having two types of
roots, whereby one surrounds the host and the other creeping on the bark of the
host and descending into the soil, do not form any trunk, with branches of 1-3cm
in diameter. Leaves are spatulate, narrowly oboval, gradually reduced near the
base and the tip is pointed. Small branches carry clusters of flowers that are
white tinted with purple, very numerous. Fruit is black, +- spherical, 3-6mm in
diameter. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Dracaena concinna COMMON NAME: Bois de
chandelle STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Gunner's
Quoin DESCRIPTION: Bush of
3-4m high, with big trunk, +- conical; bark is rough, grayish brown. Leaves are
yellowish green, grouped at the top of the branches, sessile, linear-elliptical,
acuminate, gradually reduced at the base, red
margin. Inflorescence 30-40cm long, straight, hardy, ramified, with numerous
flowers. Flowers are 2.5mm long. Fruit is obovoid to globose. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Lomatophyllum purpureum COMMON NAME: Mazambron
marron; mazambron STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION:
Yemen DESCRIPTION: Plant which
is bushy. Bud is simple, slender and thin, reaching 3m high, 7-10cm in diameter
at the base. Leaves are in terminal rosette, attenuated at the tip, dark green,
washed with brown, fleshy, with margin narrowly bordered with pink or red,
short, close near the base, well spaced near the top. Peduncle of 20-30cm
long. Panicule of several up to10 bunch. Fruit is a berry of 2cm in diameter,
subglobose. |
23. | FAMILY:
LINACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hugonia
serrata COMMON NAME: Liane a
crochets STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A woody
climber, with branchlets and sepals densely clothed with bright brown silky
hairs. Leaves are short-petioled, obovate-oblong, cumeate at the base, 3-4 in.
long, obtuse or acute, glabrous, except tufts of hairs in the axils of the main
veins beneath; stipules lanceolate, deciduous. Flowers: Corymbs closely
many-flowered. Corolla having bright yellow petals. Type of fruits: Drupe the
size of a large pea, brown, pulpy. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hugonia
tomentosa COMMON NAME: Liane a
crochets STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: General
habit, tendrills, inflorescence and flower-structure just as in
H.serrata. Leaves are 4-6 inches long, broader, obtuse or cuspidate, entire or
obscurely crenulate, persistently clothed all over below and thinly at first
above with brown silky pubescence. Type of fruits: Drupe the size of a
cherry. |
24. | FAMILY:
LOGANIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Geniostoma angustifolium COMMON NAME: Bois de
piment; bois cassant STATUS:
Unknown LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Geniostoma pedunculatum COMMON NAME: Bois
piment STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A
much-branched low shrub, with very slender shortly pilose branchlets. Leaves are
distinctly petioled, obovate-cuneate, membraneous, obtuse, glabrous, ½ -3/4 in.
long. Flowers are up to 6 in axillary fascicular, rarely with a common
peduncled. Corolla: 1/12 in. long and as broad when expanded. Capsule fusiform,
¼ -1/3 in. long. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Geniostoma sp. COMMON NAME: Bois de
piment; bois cassant STATUS:
Unknown LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Nuxia
verticillata COMMON NAME: Bois
maigre STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A glabrous
shrub or low tree, with moderately stout rather angular branches. Leaves with
distinctly petioled, oblong, subcoriaceous, 3-5 in. long, subacute,cuneate at the base. Flowers are borne in spaced clusters on
the branches of a very compound panicle a span long and broas, the lower
branches of which are subtended by large leaves. Types of fruit: capsule a
little longer than the persistent calyx. |
25. | FAMILY:
LORANTHACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Bakerella hoyifolia COMMON NAME: Bois
fier STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Branches
pale gray, commonly with well developed lenticels. Leaves opposed, sometimes
alternate, petiole 4-12mm long, limb oboval or oval – elliptical, obtuse,
rounded at the tip, cuneiform at the base,. Inflorescence in axillary ombelles,
subsessile, 2-5 flowers, solitary, peticels 4mm long. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Korthalsella opuntia COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: Tiges 15cm
or more in length, the principal one having till 15 nodes |
26. | FAMILY:
LYTHRACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Nesaea
triflora COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A slender
annual, glabrous throughout, branched at the base, with quandrangular stems a
foot long. Leaves are nearly sessile, oblong or lanceolate, an inch
long. Flowers are 3 together in peduncled cymes from the axils of the leaves,
subtended by a pair of lanceolate bracts. Types of fruit: capsule round,
fragile, immersed in the calyx-tube. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pemphis
acidula COMMON NAME: Bois
matelot STATUS: Not
threatened LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A
much-branched shrub, 2-4 feet high, with terete branchlets. Leaves are crowded,
short-petioled,oblong or lanceolate, ½ - 1 in. long,
subcoriaceous, 1-nerved, rather silky. Flowers are solitary, from the axils of
the leaves, on short hairy pedicels. Corolla: Petals white, crumpled,
obovate-unguiculate, as long as the calyx, deciduous. Capsule crustaceous,
fragile, as large as the calyx-tube. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tetrataxis salicifolia COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: Cascade
500ft DESCRIPTION: A shrub,
glabrous in all its parts, with quadrangular branches. Leaves are opposite,
short-petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 2-3 in. long, rigidly subcoriaceous,
penninerved. Flowers: 1-3 on erect axillary peduncles an inch long, with a pair
of linear-oblong deciduous bracteoles to each. |
27. | FAMILY:
MALVACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Urena
lobata COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Unknown LOCATION: Le
Pouce DESCRIPTION: A strong
much-branched erect shrubby herb, with short pilose young branches. Leaves are
short-petioled, 3-4 in. broad and long, firm, pale green and finely pilose
beneath, inciso-crenate, shallowly, palmately 3-5-lobed in the upper half.
Pedicels very short; bracteoles linear, exceeding the calyx. |
28. | FAMILY:
MELASTOMATACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Memecylon cordatum COMMON NAME: Bois bleu;
Bois de Mays STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A
much-branched shrub, with slender terete branchlets. Leaves are sessile, rigidly
coriaceous, shining penninerved, 3-6 in. long, acute or subobtuse, cordate at
the base, the basal lobes sometimes imbricating. Flowers are borne in distinctly
peduncled cymes from the swollen nodes. Corolla: Petals deltoid, as long as the
calyx. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Memecylon myrtiforme COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Vulnerable LOCATION:
Cabinet DESCRIPTION: It differs
from M. ovatifolium by its cylindrical branches and by its leaves, which are in
general smaller and small fruit, about 7mm in diameter. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Memecylon ovatifolium COMMON NAME: Bois
canne STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A shrub
reaching 4m or more high, glabrous, branches 4angled
bulged at the node. Leaves have reddish petiole of 2-3mm long, limb coriaceous,
edges very thick, oval-to-oval oblong. Obtuse at the tip, rounded to
sub-cuneiform at the base. Flowers solitary or grouped at the nodes in numerous
peduncle cymes. Peduncles have 1-5 flowers, 1-5mm in length, associated with a
pair of bract leaves at the top. Petals white, deltoid, 2,5mm long. Fruit
globose, 9mm in diameter, yellow at maturity. |
29. | FAMILY:
MELIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Turraea
casimiriana COMMON NAME: Bois
quivi STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: Bras
d'eau DESCRIPTION: Indigenous
small tree. Found in dry region. Distinguished by its changing foliage which can
be entire, incised, lobed and pinatifid. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Turraea
decandra COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION:
|
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Turraea
laciniata COMMON NAME: Bois
balais STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Turraea
oppositifolia COMMON NAME: Bois café,
Bois café marron, Bois quivi STATUS:
Rare LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Turraea
ovata COMMON NAME: Bois
quivi STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Turraea
rigida COMMON NAME: Bois café,
Bois café marron STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: A bush or
tree glabrous throughout. Leaves are alternate, short-petioled, entire, firm,
obtuse or acute, 4-6 in. long, penninerved. Flowers are found in sessile
fascicles from nodes of branches or old wood. Corolla: Tubular, at first silky
on outside. |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Turraea
trichopoda COMMON
NAME: STATUS:
Endangered LOCATION: DESCRIPTION: |
30. | FAMILY:
MONIMIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Monimia
ovalifolia COMMON NAME:
Mapou LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A low tree,
with thinly pilosed, terete branchlets. Leaves are opposite, short-petioled,
obovate, with a cuneate base, very coriaceous pale green and rough with raised
points on the upper surface, clothed with thin whitish lepidote tomentum below.
Male flowers not seen. Female flowers 3-10 together, on very short pedicels, in
peduncle umbels or cymes. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tambourissa amplifolia COMMON NAME: Bois
tambour LOCATION:
Yemen STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Branchlets
stout, glabrous, terete. Leaves are alternate, on very short, channeled
petioles, oblong, cuneate at the base, deltoid or rounded with a cusp at the
apex, ½-1 foot long, subcoriaceous, with distinct main veins and visible
intermediate reticulate venules. Flowers are solitary on short pedicels from the
axils of the leaves. Fruits are conical, crowded, ½ an in. long. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tambourissa cocottensis COMMON NAME: Bois
tambour LOCATION: Mt
Cocotte STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tambourissa cordifolia COMMON NAME: Bois
tambour LOCATION:
Petrin STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tambourissa ficus COMMON NAME: Bois
tambour, Pot de chambe jacot LOCATION: Mt
Lion STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tambourissa peltata COMMON NAME: Bois
tambour LOCATION: Corps de
garde STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Branchlets
slender, glabrous, terete. Leaves are opposite or alternate, obovate or oblong,
obtuse or sub acute, deltoid at the base, 1-2 in. long, pale green, with only
the fine main veins distinctly visible. Flowers are solitary from the nodes on
the branchlets on pedicels nder an in. long. Male perianth expanded while female
perianth unexpanded. |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tambourissa quadrifida COMMON NAME: Bois
tambour, Pomme de singe LOCATION:
Yemen STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: A tree
20-30 feet high, slender terete glabrous branchlets. Leaves are opposite or
casually sub-alternate; blade obovate, obtuse, cuneate at the base, 2-4 in.
long, sub-coriaceous, deep green above, paler green beneath with fine main vein.
Flowers are dioecious, varying from solitary in the axils of the leaves to 10 or
12 in a raceme, ½ a foot long, rarely in cymes at the end of leafy branchlets.
Pedicels shorter or not much longer than the flowers |
(viii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tambourissa sieberi COMMON NAME: Bois
tambour LOCATION: Brise
fer STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: Known only
by the male inflorescence, which forms a peduncle deltoid panicle nearly a foot
long, with a few spreading branches, which is like the rachis. Flowers have
perianth that is coriaceous, ½-5/8 in. long, splitting down beyond the middle
into four spreading lanceolate-deltoid lobes. |
(ix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tambourissa tetragona COMMON NAME: Bois
tambour LOCATION: Mt
Cocotte STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Branchlets
quite glabrous, tetragonous, compressed and dilated at the top. Leaves are
opposite, lanceolate or narrow oblong, shortly pointed, narrows to the base,
shortly petioled, with obscure venation. Male flowers in dense subspicate
racemes. |
31. | FAMILY:
MORACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ficus
laterifolia COMMON NAME: Figuier
blanc LOCATION: Curepipe
nursery STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Terrestrial
tree reaching 12m high. Branches foliated, thick by 1.5-4mm, glabrous. Leaves
with limb oval to oblong, pointed at the tip, sub-twisted to rounded at the base. Inflorescence is solitary or sometimes
in pairs, peduncle 1-5mm long with firm minute hairs. |
32. | FAMILY:
MYCTAGINACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pisonia
grandis COMMON NAME: Bois
mapou LOCATION: Morne seche;
cabinet STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pisonia
costata COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: A tree
reaching a height of 30-40 feet, with stout unarmed corky branchlets. Leaves are
crowded at the end of the branchlets, petiole 1-11/2 in. long. Male corymbs are
2-3 in. broad, very dense, and with brown-pubescent branchlets. Pedicels may be
absent or very small. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pisonia
lanceolata COMMON NAME:
Mapou LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION:
|
33. | FAMILY:
MYOPORACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Myoporum mauritianum COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A
much-branched glabrous gland-dotted shrub with viscose branchlets. Leaves are
crowded towards the end of the branchlets, sub-coriaceous, lanceolate, nearly
sessile, 2 in. long, acute, narrowed from the middle, entire or finely serrated.
Flowers are 1-2 together in the axils of each leaf, on pedicels. Corolla
campanulate, conspicuously gland-dotted; lobes round. Drupes are the size of a
small pea. |
34. | FAMILY:
MYRSINACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Badula
balfouriana COMMON NAME: Bois
papaye LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Small tree
reaching 6m high, with trunk of about 20cm in diameter. Bark brown and rough,
reddish inside. Twigs are thick, with enlarged base. Leaves are generally
grouped on top of the twigs, with hardy petiole, 5-12mm long, red; lamina with
red midrib beneath and red margin, a bit revoluted, heterophyllous, elliptical,
obtuse or rounded, rarely pointed on the tip, glabrous. Inflorescence axillary,
borne among the bunch of terminal leaves, 20-50 flowers. Fruit globose, slightly
depressed on top, 10-13mm in diameter. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Badula
crassa COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Thick twigs
with bark+-greyish white; young parts have short hairs, reddish, +-dense. Leaves
with petiole always present and distinct from the decurrent base of the lamina,
5-10mm long, lamina glabrous, coriaceous, elliptical to oboval, and obtuse on
top. Inflorescences paniculees, very short, 2-3cm long, with very short hairs,
reddish dense; flowers inserted along the whole length of the cyme of the
inflorescence, with hardy pedicels. Fruit about 4mm in diameter, covered with
very small hairs. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Badula
insularis COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Small tree
tuft, straight reaching 7m high, often flowering when still young. Leaves with
petiole +- flattened, 5-10mm long. The lamina is oboval, with rounded or obtuse
tip, glabrous, with flattened margin or slightly turns up. Inflorescence is
axillary, 2-7cm long. Bough 8-10, each carrying up to 8 flowers. Fruit reaching
7mm in diameter. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Badula
multiflora COMMON NAME: Bois
nacre LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
small tree. Twigs are glabrous. Leaves are grouped at the extremity of the twigs
with petiole; lamina is elliptical-oboval, pointed or obtuse, and
glabrous. Inflorescence in axillary’s cluster, carrying a maximum of 50
flowers. Fruit, 4-5mm in diameter when dry, blackish, glabrous, finely
grooved. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Badula
platyphylla COMMON NAME: Bois
nacre LOCATION: STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION:
Shrub. Leaves are sessile or with hardy petiole, 5mm long or more,; lamina is elliptical or oboval, pointed or more often
obtuse, coriaceous when dry and glabrous. Axillary inflorescence, borne on the
leafy part of the bough, in a long cluster, ramified with about 20 boughs each
carrying about 15 pink whitish flowers; peduncle and rachis, +-
crossed. |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Badula
reticulata COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Small tree,
little or sometimes not ramified, slender and thin, reaching 3-4m high. Leaves
are sessile with hardy petiole, 1cm long; lamina, olong-elliptical, poited or
obtuse at the tip, coriaceous, glabrous with either flat margin or revoluted
margin. Inflorescence axillary, borne among the leaves, hanging, 30-50cm long,
in ramified clusters, about 20 branches quite distant, with no flower in the
half basal part, carrying each 10 pinkish flowers in the other half. Fruit
unknown. |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Badula
…….. COMMON NAME: Bois
nacre LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: |
35. | FAMILY:
MYRTACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eugenia
bojerie COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: A creeping
shrub with ultimate branchlet, angular with wrinkled drab bark. Leaves are
short-petioled, oblong, 1-11/2 foot long, 4-5 in. broad at the middle, acute,
cuneate or rounded at the base, coriaceous, with copious raised erecto-patent
venules meeting in a prominent intramarginal vein. Flowers are in cymes,
few-flowered, sessile, lateral, sometimes copiously branched, and bearing lonely
rudimentary flowers; pedicels with a pair of bracteoles near the top. Petals are
quite free. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eugenia
hastilis COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: Bras
d'eau STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A shrub or
small tree with rounded branches, puberulent at the juvenile stage and pale gray
in colour. Leaves have petiole 1-3mm long, glabrous, limbe oboval to elliptical,
obtuse to point at the tip, cuneiform at the base, glabrous, and coriaceous.
Flowers solitary. Flower season March – June. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eugenia
lucida COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: A
shrub or small bushy tree, reaching 4m in height; bark platanoid, black,
grey/pinkish in colour; branches puberulentes/ tomentose in the juveniles,
glabrous, sometimes pinkish. Leaves with petiole 2-10 mm long, puberulent in the
juveniles, finally glabrous, and sometimes reddish; limb of adult leaves oval,
largely elliptical to sub circular. Flowers are solitary. Floral bud is
piriform, reddish green. Flower disc 6-8mm in diameter, tomentose, pink.
Berry globose to elliptical, 2-2,5cm long, +_ glabrous,
8mm in diameter. Flowering season is January – April. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eugenia
orbiculata COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: A
very branched shrub or small tree reaching a height of
3-6m, branches are red and puberulent at the juvenile stage, being glabrous in
later stage. Leaves have petiole 1-3mm long, limb of young leaves oblong,
strictly oboval or strictly elliptical, limb of adult leaves oval, elliptical or
+_ circular, obtuse at the tip and twisted at the base, dark green on the upper
side, pale grayish green below, generally coriaceous. Flowers solitary,
generally found in 1-2 pairs present on the basal region of a foliated branch.
Flowering bud piriform. Petals sub circular, 4-5mm long, white. Flowering disc
tomentose, 5mm in diameter. Berry globose, 10mm in
diameter. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eugenia
pollicina COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A shrubby
tree reaching 4m high with pale reddish brown bark, which is easily detached in
thin plaque. Branches are rounded, grayish brown, glabrous. Leaves having
petiole 1-3mm long, glabrous, limb oboval to elliptical, cuneiform at the base,
glabrous, radiant green above, pale grayish green below, finely coriaceous to
thick and rigid. Flowers solitary and found on defoliated branches, commonly
sessile, with peduncle reaching 4mm high. Flowering bud puberulant, grayish.
Petals +_ circular, about 2,5mm long,white.
|
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eugenia
sieberi COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A bushy
shrub reaching the height of 4m, bark platanoid, branches rounded, ferruginous to tomentose. Leaves with petiole 3-8mm
long, limb oboval to elliptical, obtuse at the tip, cuneiform or obtuse at the
base, ferruginous to yellowish above, commonly have very small brownish hairs,
coriaceous. Flowers solitary, 1-4 in pairs situated at the basal region of
foliated branches. Flower bud turbinate, flower disc 5-6mm diameter, tomentose.
Berry ellipsoid, 10mm long, 6-7mm in diameter. |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eugenia
tinifolia COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A
bushy shrub or small tree reaching 6-7 m high, trunk 20-30cm in diameter, bark
pale brown, detached in plaque, branches tomentose to brownish. Leaves having
petiole 10-25mm long, tomentose, limb largely elliptical or oval to obtuse or
pointed at the tip, cuneiform or obtuse at the base. Flowers solitary, sometimes
2-3 pairs disposed in racemes on foliated branches, peduncles bear rarely 3
flowers and so the central flower is sessile, the lateral ones have peduncles
4-6mm. Flower bud turbinate. Flower disc 10 mm in diameter, tomentose, becoming
concave in the fruit. Berry globose or ellipsoid,
10-20mm long, tomentose, becoming fragile when when dry. Flower season August – January |
(viii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Eugenia
vaughanii COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: Small
tree reaching 4m high; smooth bark, pinkish and grey; twigs tomentose or
glabrous; lamina subcircular, obtuse at the tip, rounded at the base, sober
green, shiny above, yellowish green beneath, criaceous. Median vein prominent
beneath. Flowers in axil of the leaves or in pairs or solitary near the
nodes. Petals are oboval, white, with margin tomentose. Berry ellipsoid. |
(ix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Monimiastrum acunsepalum COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A
shrub reaching 2m high, branches brownish gray, puberulent, rounded or weakly
4-gones at the base of nodes. Leaves having petiole 3-5mm long, thich by 2-3mm,
puberulent, limb sub circular and elliptical, obtuse or sometimes pointed at the
tip, rounded at the base, coriaceous and rigid, limb of yellow to yellowish
green flowers have short grayish hairs or minute pinkish hairs. Flowers solitary
on basal region of foliated leaves, sessile, with peduncle reaching 4mm in
height and +_ flat. Flower bud fusiform. Petals subcircular, 3.5-4.5mm long,
white crème, inserted at the top of floral tube. Flower disc tomentose.
Berry ellipsoid, pale brownish gray in colour. Flower
season October – December. |
(x) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Monimiastrum fasciculatum COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: Small tree,
branches whitish, rounded or weakly 4-gones at the base of nodes. Leaves having
petiole of 5-10mm long, thick by 1.5-2mm, glabrous or puberulent, limb
elliptical or oval to elliptical, obtuse or pointed at the tip, obtuse a the
base, glabrous, finely coriaceous. Flowers sessile or with peduncle reaching 2mm
in length, grouped by 3-6 on short protuberances. Flower bud piriform, dense
tomentose, formed by grayish or pinkish hairs. Petals are subcircular, 4-5mm in
diameter. Flower disc tomentose. Berry globose, 2cm in diameter. |
(xi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Monimiastrum globosum COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Small
tree, straight and slender, reaching 5m high, bark grayish brown, branches
puberulent or glabrous. Leaves having petiole 2-5mm long, glabrous or
puberulent, limb elliptical, sub circular or oval to elliptical, obtuse at the
tip, obtuse or +_ truncate at the base, coriaceous. Flower sessile, rarely with
peduncle reaching 2mm in length, grouped in 2-5 on short protuberances. Flower
bud globose to obovate, rounded at the tip. Petals are
sub circular, white. Flower disc tomentose. Berry ellipsoidal or globose, 1-2.5mm diameter, reddish tomentum. Flower season
October – November and February – March. |
(xii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Monimiastrum pixidatum COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub
reaching 2.50m high, branches brownish gray, puberulent at the juvenile stage.
Leaves having petiole 2-7mm, puberulent, limb elliptical to sub circular, obtuse
at the tip like at the base, glabrous, sub coriaceous and with margin commonly
revolute. Flowers solitary inserted by 1-2 pairs, peduncles 5-25mm long,
puberulent. Flower bud is piriform, pale yellowish green. Petals are sub
circular, 3-4mm diameter. Disc tomentose. Fruit not
known. |
(xiii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Monimiastrum psidioideum COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Shrub
slender or bushy reaching 2m high, branches grayish brown, puberulant at the
juvenile stage. Leaves having petiole 2-5mm long, +_ glabrous, limb elliptical,
obtuse or pointed at the tip, obtuse at the base, coriaceous. Flowers solitary,
peduncle 2-12mm long, thick by 1-1.5mm. Flower bud piriform, the tip is round.
Petals subcircular, 3-4mm in diameter, white, inserted at the top of the floral
tube. Flower disc tomentose. Berry globose or ellipsoidal, reaching 3cm in
length smooth glabrous, olive green in colour, pale yellow pulp. Flower season
March – May. Fruit in July. |
(xiv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium balfourii COMMON NAME: Bois de
clous LOCATION: STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: A shrub,
glabrous, reaching 5m high, twigs rounded, bark whitish. Leaves with petiole
10-15mm long, limb oblong or strictly oval, pointed at the tip, cuneiform to
obtuse at the base, sub coriaceous. Inflorescence terminal, in thyrsus of 15-25
flowers, 6-10cm long, branches 4-gones. Flowers ‘4-mere’, grouped in 3 at the
top of branches. Terminal flowers have pseudo-pedicel 2-3mm long and lateral
ones are sessile. Flower bud turbinate. Petal +_circular, free, 3mm in diameter white. Fruit
turbinate. |
(xv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium commersonii COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme LOCATION: Brise fer;
Perrier STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A
shrub reaching 4m high, glabrous, sometimes creeping and branches low, bark
reddish brown, twigs rounded, brownish. Leaves with petiole 2-4mm long, limb
oval or oval elliptical, pointed to acuminer at the tip, and obtuse or sub -
twisted at the base, coriaceous. Inflorescence is cauliflores, ramiflore,
peduncles slender, 1-2.5cm long, generally pendulous.
Flowers are ‘4-mere’, flower bud turbinate, pinkish green. Petals grouped
loosely between them, forming a calytre of 6-7mm diameter, pink. Disc dark
yellow orange. Berry is globose to
ellipsoid, purple or red in colour, pendulous with flesh mauve in colour. Flower
season March – May. |
(xvi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium contractum COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme LOCATION: Mt
Lagrave STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A
shrub or tree, glabrous, reaching a height of 10m, bark pinkish brown, thin,
plaques are not detachable, twigs rounded. Leaves with 5mm long, 3-4mm thick,
limb largely oboval, elliptical or subcircular, obtuse or pointed at the tip,
obtuse or sometimes twisted at the base, coriaceous, dark green above, grayish
green below. Inflorescence terminal, formed by thyrsus, disposed in panicles,
3-5cm long, branches reaching 3-4mm in thickness.
Flowers ‘4-mere’ inserted at the top of branches in inflorescence, sessile,
grouped in 3. Flowers bud piriform to conical, white to reddish, exterior of
petals and floral tube bear orange glands, spherical. Petals attached loosely
forming a calyptre of 3-4mm, pink or white. Disc pale green. Berry purple reaching 2cm diameter. Fruit season
January to March. |
(xvii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium coriaceum COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme LOCATION:
Petrin STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: A small
shrub, very branch, 1-1.5m high, to small tree with spreading crown and with
hard trunk, 6-7m high, glabrous. Twigs tetragonal, grayish. Leaves with
coriaceous limb, radiant above, dull below, oboval to elliptical, rounded at the
tip, cuneiform to +_ rounded at the base. Inflorescence reddish, in thyrsus,
pauci-pluriflores, 1.5-3cm long, peduncles 3-6mm long, flowers 2-3 at the top of
branches, rarely in short raceme. Flower bud obconical to +_claviform, 2.5 – 4
mm long. Flowers 4-mere. Petal calyptre, oval to subcircular. Fruit globose
becoming black purple at maturity. Flower season January to February. Fruit
April (young) to September. |
(xix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium latifolum (scandens) COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A
shrub, glabrous with slender branches, reaching 5m high, sometimes creeping.
Bark smooth, pinkish gray, do not detached, twigs rounded. Leaves with petiole
1-5mm long, 4mm thick, sometimes orange, limb largely oboval, oblong or sub
circular, obtuse at the tip, obtuse to sub twisted at the base, coriaceous, dark
green above, lighter green below. Inflorescence generally axillary formed in
thyrsus, multiflore, 7-12cm long, sometimes disposed in panicles. Flowers
4-mere, sessile, grouped in 3-9 at the top of branches of inflorescence. Flower
bud is piriform to turbinate. Petals circular, free, 1-1.5mm long, pinkish to
white. Berry
globose, 2.2cm diameter. Flower season
April – May. |
(xx) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium mamillatum COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A shrub
reaching 3.4m high, weakly ramified, trunk 4-10cm diameter sometimes divided at
the base in 2 ascending branch, having at the base protuberances florifere,
rounded, numerous, twigs slender, a little flat, grayish. Branches cylindrical, grayish to brownish.
Inflorescence uniflore, grouped in 2-30 on linear mamelons at the base of trunk.
Peduncles 5-8mm long. Flowers ‘4-mere’. Flower bud is ob-conical. Fruit
greenish, +_pink to +_ reddish crowded by the green
sepals. |
(xxi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium mauritianum COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme a grande feuilles LOCATION: Gaulette
seree STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Tree
glabrous reaching the height of 9m, bark grayish brown, cracked, twigs rounded.
Leaves grouped at the top of branches, sessile, petiole short and thick, 3mm in
diameter, limb largely oboval, elliptical or oblong, pointer or obtuse at the
tip, twisted at the base, coriaceous or rigid, dark green above, grayish green
below. Inflorescence in raceme or thyrsus, pauciflore, reaching 2cm in length,
sometimes axillary, forming a calyptre of 6-9mm in diameter, pink in colour,
disc yellowish. Berry is ellipsoidal,
red-purple. Flower season September – January. |
(xxii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium petrinense COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Shrub
reaching 1-2m high or small tree with crowned branches reaching 5m high, trunk
15cm diameter, glabrous, twigs flattened, +_ tetragonal, pale brown to grayish.
Leaves pale olive green above, coriaceous, limb elliptical or sub circular,
rounded at the tip, rounded or cuneiform at the base, interior side is smooth.
Inflorescence in thyrsus pluriflore, flowers are in
grouped of 2-3 or sometimes 6-7 at the top of branches. Flower bud is obconical
or a little claviform, 4-5mm long. Flowers 4-mere. Petals greenish to +_ purple
sub circular to largely oboval. Fruit sub spherical, black purple to dark violet
at maturity. |
(xxiii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium populifolium COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Small
tree, glabrous, twigs rounded, hard, branches grayish brown or reddish brown.
Leaves with petiole 10-14mm, limb oval to sub circular, pointed or obtuse at the
tip, rounded or sometimes truncate to twisted at the
base, finely coriaceous, dark green above, gray green below. Inflorescence
terminal, formed by thyrsus reaching 7cm long, grouped by numerous flowers on
hard branches. Flowers 4-mere, sessile, generally grouped in 3 at the top of
branches. Flower bud turbinate. Petals circular, about 4mm long,
solitary. Berry
not found. |
(xxiv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium rampans COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub
glabrous and creeping or small tree, twig straight, dark purple brown, branches
grayish. Leaves with petiole reaching 2mm high, limb oval or oval to oblong,
pointed at the tip, twisted at the base, coriaceous and with margin very
revolute, dark green above, becoming dark purple brown below when dry.
Inflorescence terminal and axillary, formed by thyrsus,
loose, multiflowers, commonly inserted in panicles, reaching 17cm high. Flowers
4-mere, sessile, in groups of 3 at the top of branches. Flower bud napiform,
with a tinge of reddish purple. Petals are oboval, solitary, 1.5-2mm
long. Berry
not fond. Flower season August –
January. |
(xxv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium vaughanii COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Shrub
slender, high by 2,50m, or tree 20m high, trunk 40cm in diameter, twigs
tetragon, reddish. Leaves have limb that is strictly oboval to elliptical,
petiole 0.2 – 0.7cm long, relatively less thick. Inflorescence is in terminal,
in thyrsus paniculiforms, 3-3.5cm long, 2cm diameter, reddish. Flowers ‘4-mere’.
Flower bud turbinate, petals pink subcircular. Ripe fruit not seen. |
(xxvi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syzygium venosum COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Mt
Lagrave STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub very
ramified, or tree reaching 4m in height, glabrous, bark gray, smooth, branches
hard, thick ness 5-10mm. Leaves +_ sessile, limb elliptical or oboval, truncate,
obtuse at the tip, twisted at the base, radiant green above, pale green below,
coriaceous and rigid. Inflorescence is in thyrsus or rarely in raceme, 9-30
flowers, reaching 10cm in length. Flowers 4-mere, 3 at the top of branches,
flowering bud conical or turbinate, dark reddish purple. Petals circular,
pendulous, loosely attached to each other forming a pinkish calyptre. Disc
yellowish. Berry ellipsoid, 2-2,5cm long, 1.2-1.5cm diameter, greenish red,
fleshy. Flower season October – December. |
36. | FAMILY:
OLACACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Olax
psittacorum COMMON NAME: Bois de
perroquet LOCATION: Morne
seche; Found in dense forest of Quartier Militare and Bois Cherie. STATUS:
Endangered; Endemic to Reunion and Mauritius. DESCRIPTION: Small tree
with small fragrant white flowers. Fruit ligneous or woody and reddish in
colour. |
37. | FAMILY:
OLEACEA |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chionanthus ayresii COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Small tree;
grey bark; twigs are cylindrical, glabrous or young parts are pubescent. Leaves
with petiole 2-5mm long, glabrous; lamina oboval or subcircular, sometimes
elliptical, obtuse at the tip, rounded at the base, coriaceous, shiniy on the
upper surface. Inflorescence axillary, pauciflores, 3-8mm long. Peduncle
tetragonal; flowers are sessile and petals are free. Fruit is
ellipsoidal. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chionanthus boutonii COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Shrub
reaching 5m high; bark is white; twigs are cylindrical, glabrous. Leaves with
petiole 5-10mm, hardy, glabrous. Blade is oboval or elliptical, obtuse and
cuspidate at the tip, coriaceous, shiny on the upper surface. Inflorescence, 2-5
times ramified. Flowers are sessile but the terminal flowers can be mobile;
petals are oblong, 2.5-3mm long, coherent in pairs. Fruit is ovoid or
elliptical, hexagonal. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chionanthus broomeana COMMON NAME: Bois
sandal; Bois santal LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Tree
reaching 18m high. The bark is dark grey; twigs lenicellees. Leaves with petiole
5-20mm long, glabrous or pubescent; lamina elliptical, narrowly oboval, obtuse,
pointed at the tip, coriaceous, cartace ou herbace when young, glabrous, shiny
on the upper surface, ponctue on the lower surface. Petals 3-4.5mm long, oblong,
free or coherent at the base by pairs. Fruit is ellipsoidal or ovoid, 6-8-gone,
slate blue, thick pedicel. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Jasminum fluminense COMMON NAME: Jasmin du
pays LOCATION: Found in low
land forest STATUS: Rare;
Indigenous DESCRIPTION: White
flower. Indigenous. Found in low land forest Small shrub creeping,
reaching 3m high; young and inflorescent parts are puberulent to
tomentose. Leaves trifoliolees; folioles oval, heart-shaped, tronquees or
rounded at the base, pointed or obtuse at the tip, +- glabrous; white corolla;
lobes narrow, pointed, 10-15mm long. Fruit with ellipsoidal lobes, 3-6mm in
diameter. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Olea
europaea COMMON NAME: Olivier de
Borubon LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
tree reaching 6m high. Leaves with petiole, 3-10mm long; lamina very narrowly
oval or linearly-oval, rarely spatulate, pointed or obtuse at the tip, subcoriaceous , dark green and shiny on superior
surface. Short inflorescence, axillary, 2-7cm long. Terminal flowers with short
pedicle, lateral flowers are sessile white flowers. Fruit: drupe turning black
or prune, subspherical or oval found in the forest of low
altitude. |
38. | FAMILY:
PALMAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Acanthophoenix rubra COMMON NAME: Palmiste
rouge; Palmiste epineux;Palmiste LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Palm 60
feet high. Leaves are 6-12 feet long; petiole glabrous, 2-4 in. long, thickly
covered with long brown – black spines; pinnate slightly glaucous beneath.
Branches are stout, subtended by linear-lanceolate bracts. Flower spadix 2 ½ - 3
½ feet long; peduncle 6-10 in. long, like the lower part of the branches, armed
with straight spines. Fruits are globose, 1/3 – 3/8 in. diameter, with a
prominent ridge extending from the stigma to the base. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Dictyosperma album COMMON NAME: Palmiste de
L'ile Ronde LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Trunk
reaching 20m high, 8-16cm in diameter, often enlarged at the base, brown
grey. Leaves with sheath that have grey tomentose,
white, brown. Tomentose on the upper surface. Inflorescence. Flowers are
yellow-brown. Fruit is black or purple black, 2cm long. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Hyophorbe amaricaulis COMMON NAME: Curepipe
botanical garden LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Palm 60
feet high, with a bottle-shaped stem 15-24 in. diameter near the base, slightly
diminishing upwards to the base of the leaf-sheaths, and there abruptly
constricted. Leaf-sheath cylindrical; petiole 12-18 in long, somewhat trigonous,
grooved on the face, pinnate in 40-60 pairs, lanceolate, acuminate, 18 in. long,
2 in. broad, with the central and 1 lateral vein on each side prominent on the
upper surface, and several secondary veins also prominent beneath, which are
clothed towards the base with subrigid lanceolate scales. Flower spadix are in
clustered branches; peduncle a foot long. Fruits are
elliptic-oblong. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Hyophorbe lagenicaulis COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: The trunk
reaches a height of 5m or longer, very broad at the base, 70cm in diameter.
Leaves are 4-6, the sheath is green and waxy-blue green, petiole 12-18cm long,
scales are pale brown, pilose or tomentose.
Inflorescence is 77cm long, 3 times branched. Flowers are 4-8, in linear groups.
Fruits are ellipsoid, sometimes sub-globose, black or sometimes orange when
mature and 2-2.5cm long. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Latania
loddigestii COMMON NAME: Palmiste
marron LOCATION: Ile
Ronde STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: Palm 50 ft
high. Leaves have petiole 3-41/2 ft long, tomentose, the margin entire in the
mature, spiny in the young plant; the primary veins beneath slightly tomentose
and tinged with red, especially in young plants. Flowers perianth 3/8 in. long;
segments not fringed. Drupes are obovoid or pyriform, trigonous, 21/2 in.
long. |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tectiphiala ferox COMMON NAME: Latanier
bleu; Latanier de Maurice LOCATION: Gouly Pere; In
highlands STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: The trunk
reaches the height of 2m and 15cm in diameter, the juveniles having grayish
black spines of 18cm long. Leaves are about 10, crowned, the sheath reaching
80cm in length, with dark brown hairiness and flat, blackish spines, petiole
about 20cm long. Inflorescence reaches a height of 30cm. The fruit is blue-black
in colour, dark at maturity, fleshy and 11-12mm long. |
39. | FAMILY:
PANDANACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus barklyi COMMON
NAME: LOCATION:
Petrin STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A small
tree, 5-8 ft high, with slender decumbent stems and branches with adventitious
roots from all parts. Leaves are 1-3 ft long, ¾ - 2 in broad, blade reduplicate
on each side of the midrib, tapering to a long point, dark green above,
glaucescent beneath, the margins and midrib armed throughout or at the base and
tip only with short spines, green at first but turning red. Drupes are purple,
compressed 11/2- 2 in long. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus carmichaelii COMMON
NAME: LOCATION:
Petrin STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus conglomeratus COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: A small
tree, 12-15 ft high, with a slender trunk, semi-decumbent and sparingly
branched. Leaves are 3-12 ft long, 2-5 in. broad, narrowed gradually to a point,
pale green, with the midrib and edges armed with long white unequal ascending
spines. Drupes are 1-11/2 in. long, slightly compressed. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus drupaceus COMMON
NAME: LOCATION:
Petrin STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A low tree,
about 12 ft high, with a light gray stem about 8 in. in diameter, which is at
first decumbent and branches free. Leaves are firm, pale green, 3-6 ft long, 5-6
in. broad, the thickened red margins armed with red closely-set strongly
incurved spines from the middle to the tip; midrib very prominent, spiny at the
tip. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus eydouxia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: A
flat-topped tree 20 ft high, with a slate coloured stem, 8-9 in. in diameter,
with many short spiny knobs, the numerous branches ending in tufts of drooping
leaves. Leaves are very firm in texture, tapering to a long point, dark green,
glaucous, 5-7 ft long, 3-5 in. broad, the slightly thickened margins irregularly
armed with red-tipped spines; midrib prominent on the upper surface, spiny above
the middle. |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus glaucocephalus COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus heterocarpus COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: An erect
tree, about 20 ft high, with a light brown stem 5-7 in. in diameter, which
branches freely so as to form a regular dome-like head, the tufts of leaves
either erect or drooping. Leaves are firm, 1 ½ - 3 feet long, 1 ½ - 21/2 in.
broad, pale or dark green often glaucent at the base. The pink edges armed
throughout or except at the middle with very sharp red spines; midrib slightly
tinged with red |
(viii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus incertus COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: |
(ix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus microcarpus COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A small
tree or shrub with a light dun - coloured smooth stem 3-4 in. in diameter,
branching freely at an acute angle. Leaves are thin, coriaceous, 1-2 ft long,
dark green on the upper surface, slightly glaucous beneath, the margins armed
throughout with short, sharp red spines; midrib spiny only at the base and tip.
Drupes are purple with a slight bloom, orange at the base when
ripe. |
(x) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus obsoletus COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: |
(xi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus palustris COMMON
NAME: LOCATION:
Petrin STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: An erect
tree, about 20 ft high, with slate gray stem about 8 in. in diameter with short
spiny knobs, not branching freely, with many aerial roots, the branches ending
in tufts of drooping very persistent leaves. Leaves are firm in texture,
tapering very gradually to a point, 41/2 to 6 ft. long, the margins armed,
usually throughout with small sharp blacked-tipped spines; midrib prominent,
spiny throughout |
(xii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus prostratus COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: |
(xiii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus pyramidalis COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A tree 30
ft. high with a straight dark brown stem, 8-10 in. in diameter, with horizontal
or slightly deflexed branches ending in drooping tufts of leaves. Leaves are
thick, coriaceous 2-5 ft. long, 1-2 in. broad, tapering to a long point, dark
green, slightly glaucent on both surfaces; margins red, armed throughout or
except at the middle with short red-tipped spines; midrib prominent, spiny in
the upper half. |
(xiv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus rigidifolius COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: |
(xv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus sphaeroideus COMMON
NAME: LOCATION:
Petrin STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: A low tree
8-12 ft. high with a slender decumbent, light dun-coloured freely branching
stem, the branches decumbent and aerial roots descending freely from all parts.
Leaves are firm in texture 3-5 in. long, pale green, the edges irregularly armed
with short reddish spines; midrib not very prominent, spiny towards the
tip. |
(xvi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pandanus vandermeerschii COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Ile
Ronde STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: A tree
about 20 ft. high with a light-coloured stem 5-6 in. in diameter, branching
freely, and branches often twisted. Leaves are stiff, sub-erect 2 ½ to 3 ft.
long, very glaucous on both surfaces, the thickened red margins, armed
throughout with a strong red pungent spines and the prominent red midrid also
spiny from the base to the tip. Drupes fusiform. |
40. | FAMILY:
PITTOSPORACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pittosporum balfourii COMMON NAME: Bois
becasse LOCATION: STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: A shrub
reaching 4m high, young parts very pubescent and more or less glabrescent.
Leaves petioled and those of young specimen appears more longer and more
straighter as compared to the adult ones, adult limb oboval or strictly oboval,
generally obtuse, sometimes pointed or rounded at the base. Inflorescence is in
panicles, having till 20 flowers, young pedicels finely
puberulent, and at later stage glabrous. Fruit 4-7mm long. Male flowers
only. |
41. | FAMILY:
RANUNCULACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Clematis mauritiana COMMON NAME: Vigne
vierge LOCATION: STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: A glabrous
climbing shrub. Leaves are petioled; leaflets turnate, ovate, acute, stalked,
and dentate. Flowers are 3-5 in. long, lax pedicels on axillary peduncles as
long as the petiole. |
42. | FAMILY:
RHAMNACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gouania
leguatii COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS: DESCRIPTION: |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Gouania
tiliifolia COMMON NAME: Liane
charretiers LOCATION:
Perrier STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: A climbing
shrub with young branches only and veins of the leaf below, rusty-pilose. Leaves
have short petiole, cordate-ovate, 2-4 in. long. Flowers are in close raceme,
2-4 in. long, with a densely pilose axis, expanded; petals, whitish, shorter
than sepals. Capsule hard, naked, deeply triquetrous with thick
wings. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Phylica
nitida COMMON NAME:
Bruyere LOCATION:
Petrin STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub with
bud more or less creeping with short, cone-shaped spur. Found on
mountains |
43. | FAMILY:
RUBIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Antirhea bifurcata COMMON NAME: Bois
goudron LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Shrub of
1.2-4m high, with bud of 12-15cm in diameter; bark is platanoid, grayish;
branches purple, dark black, rough. Leaves are often bright green, grouped on
the top of the twigs; lamian is elliptical to oboval, rounded at the tip,
cuneiform at the base, almost glabrous or small hairs. Inflorescence of
3-40-flores; corolla is yellowish to bright yellow. Fruit is ellipsoid, 2.5mm in
diameter, with thin flesh. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Bertiera bistipulata COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: Small tree;
branches pubescent, apressed. Leaf blade is elliptical, acuminate at the tip,
cuneiform to subtruncate at the base, glabrous on both surface; petiole 1-1.6cm
long. Inflorescence, a thyrsus formed with cymes, often ample, with pubescent
fine or dense. Ripe fruit is not known. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Bertiera zaluzania COMMON NAME: Bois bleu;
bois de raisins; bois maigre LOCATION: Mt
Cocotte STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: A low
erect shrub with silky branchlets. Leaves are short-petioled, oblong, acute,
subcoriaceous, distinctly penninerved, 4-6 in. long, glabrous above, obscurely
silky below. Flowers are in peduncled, terminal drooping panicles, ½ foot long;
cymes many, lax, 3-4 times dichotomously forked, with a flower sessile in each
fork. Berry
is dry, size of a small
pea. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chassalia boryana COMMON NAME: Bois
corail LOCATION: Bassin
blanc STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A
much-branched glabrous shrub, 3-4 ft. high, with rather stout angular
branchlets. Leaves are obovate-oblong, often turnate, 3-4 in. long, sub-acute with a deltoid base, petiole slender,
1-11/2 in. long. Flowers are in a terminal corymbose panicle, 3-6 in. broad,
usually fascicled, 3-6 together at the end of the branchlets. Drupes are oblong,
¼ in. long, purple, not crowned by a cup. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chassalia capitata COMMON NAME: Bois
corail LOCATION:
Plaine Champagne STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A glabrous
shrub with rather stout terete branches. Leaves are short-petioled,
obovate-oblong, 3-4 in. long, minutely cuspidate, sub-coriaceous, cuneately
narrowed from the middle to the base turning black in drying. Flowers are 20-30
in a dense globose, sessile, terminal head; pedicel, none. Drupes are oblong, ½
in. long, crowned by a deep cut. |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chassalia coriacea COMMON NAME: Bois
corail LOCATION:
Petrin STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Small shrub
of 1-2.5m high, with young twigs which are quite thick, no hairs; older twigs
with grey bark. Leaves are opposite, with lamina elliptical, shortly acuminate
at the tip, cuneiform at the base, glabrous, wholly coriaceous, margin
revoluted, yellowish green and shiny when dry. Inflorescence is loose, with axes
white to pink or red; peduncle 3cm long. Corolla is pink. Fruit is dark red,
strictly ovoid. |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chassalia grandifolia COMMON NAME: Bois
corail LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
bush of undergrowth; young parts becoming black when drying, older parts has
bark of dark grey colour. Leaves opposite or in whorl of 3, with lamina
elliptical, shortly acuminate at the tip, cuneiform at the base, glabrous;
petiole 1-3cm. Flowers are sessile, in loose inflorescence, glabrous; peduncle
white or reddish, 2-4cm long. Corolla is blue or pink on the outside, purple
inside. Fruit is blackish, ellipsoid or oblong. |
(viii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chassalia lanceolata COMMON NAME: Bois
corail LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Shrub of
1.5-1.8m high; twigs easily broken with barkgreyish brown. Leaves opposite, with
blade elliptical or oblong, shortly acuminate at the tip, cuneiform at the base,
shiny, glabrous, smooth and uniform on the upper surface; petiole
0.5-2cm. Inflorescence is loose, with white axes, flowers with distinct
pedicels. Corolla is white. Fruit is subspherical-ellipsoidal, about 1cm in
diameter. |
(ix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chassalia petrinensis COMMON NAME: Bois
corail LOCATION: Common
in Petrin, Plaine Champagne. STATUS: Vulnerable,
Endemic. DESCRIPTION: Very small
shrub. Distinguished by its coral-pink inflorescence. Small shrub of 1.5m high;
twigs are quite hardy, glabrous, with bark grayish, shiny. Leaves are opposite,
subsessiles, yellowish green; lamina is narrowly oboval-cuneiform or oboval,
coriaceous but thin, glabrous. Inflorescence is closely packed, trichotomous,
and sessile. Corolla is pale greenish yellow, waxy. Fruit is dark blue green to
black purple, sessile, oblong-ellipsoidal. |
(x) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Chassalia sp. COMMON NAME: Bois
corail LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Shrub,
rarely small tree or herbs. Leaves are opposite or rarely in 3. Flowers are
hermaphrodite, often small, as an inflorescence. Corolla is white, pink or
purple, sometimes yellow inside. Fruit is fleshy, hemispherical, and
dehiscent. |
(xi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Doricera trilocularis COMMON NAME: Bois
chave-souris LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
small tree reaching5-9m high; trunk of 10-25cm in diameter; treetop like an
umbrella; bark is grayish brown; branches are glabrous. Leaves are
oblong-elliptical to elliptical, obtuse at the tip, cuneiform at the base, +-
shiny on the upper surface, coriaceous, glabrous. Flowers in group of 4-8;
corolla is white. Fruit is red, 7.5-11mm in diameter. |
(xii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Fernalia dicipiens COMMON NAME: Bois buis;
Bois de buis LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Shrub of
2-3m high, ramified. Leaf blade is elliptical, rounded to sub-pointed at the tip, cuneiform at the base, sometimes
completely coriaceous; petiole 2-4mm long. Male and female flowers present.
Fruit becomes purple when mature, ovoid or ellipsoid. |
(xiii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Fernalia obovata COMMON NAME: Bois buis;
Bois de buis LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Shrub of
1.2-3.6m high; bark is grayish brown; young twigs are pubescent. Leaf blade
largely elliptical to almost circular, rounded at the tip, cuneiform at the
base, +- glabrous; petiole 5mm long, with short pubescent. Male flowers with
peduncle, +- nil. Female flower and fruit not found. |
(xiv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera calycina COMMON NAME: Bois la
soupe LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
dwarf tree?, 0.9-1.2m high; twigs are glabrous. Leaf
blade is elliptical to oblong-elliptical, acuminate at the tip, cuneiform at the
base, coriaceous but thin, glabrous; petiole 1.7-3cm. Inflorescence corymbiform,
20cm in width. Fruit is fusiform. |
(xv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera cuneifolia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Habit
unknown; young twigs are glabrous. Leaf blade is oboval to oblong-cuneiform,
truncate to largely rounded at the tip, cuneiform at
the base, very coriaceous, petiole is 5mm long, orange yellow. Flowers with
fragrance, in sessile inflorescence, subspherical, 2-4cm in diameter. Corolla is
white, fleshy, finely puberulent on the exterior. Fruit
is ellipsoidal. |
(xvi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera hirtiflora COMMON NAME: Bois de
riviere LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION:
|
(xvii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera longifolia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Small short
tree or shrub with little branching of 1.8-3m high; twigs are quite strong,
straight, with bark pale brown. Leaf blade is big, elliptical-oblong to
oblanceolate, shortly acuminate at the tip, narrowly cuneiform at the base,
coriaceous, glabrous, dark green, shiny above and paler beneath; petiole 2-4cm
long. Inflorescence, multiflores, peduncle 3cm long. Flowers with
fragrance. Corolla is waxy white. Fruit is whitish, subspherical and smooth when
fresh, obovoid when dry. |
(xviii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera pendula COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Shrub is
slender and thin or small tree of 1.5-3.5 m long, with glabrous young
twigs. Leaf blade is oblong-elliptique to oblong-lanceolate, usually quite long,
acuminate at the tip, cuneiform at the base, coriaceous but thin, shiny; petiole
and the midrib is orange brown. Flowers with fragrance, peduncle is 3-6cm long,
inflorescence. White corolla. Fruit is blackish or slate blue, elongated and
fusiform. |
(xix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera petrinensis COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub low
or dwarf tree of 1-1.5m high; twigs are glabrous; internodes are very
short. Leaf blade is oblong or oblong-elliptical, acuminate at the tip, truncate
at the base, coriaceous. Flowers with fragrance, a compact inflorescence, about
2cm in diameter. Corolla is white. Fruit is ellipsoidal. |
(xx) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera psychotrioides COMMON NAME: Bois
banane; Bois café; Bois de riviere LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
small tree is compact, 1.8-12m high; bark is dark brown, a bit frail, thin,
deciduous; young twigs are glabrous or thinly pubescent. Leaf blade is oblong to
oblong-oboval, rounded at the tip, less often pointed, cuneiform at the base,
cariaceous. Flowers with fragrance. Inflorescence branching, reaching 13cm in
width; peduncle 1-6cm long. Corolla is waxy white, glabrous or pubescent. Fruit
is white crème or bluish, ellipsoid. |
(xxi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera rotundifolia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
small tree ramose of 1-6m high; branches are glabrous, +- tetragonal; bark is
dark grey. Leaf blade is elliptical to oboval or +- rounded, acuminate at the
tip, cueiform at the base, coriaceous, shiny, with revoluted margin. Flowers
with fragrance, grouped; corolla is waxy white. Fruit is
ellipsoidal. |
(xxii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera sp. COMMON NAME: Bois de
riviere LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Small tree
about 6m high, with quite strong twigs. Leaf blade oblong-elliptical or +-
oboval, pointed at the tip, cuneiform at the base, thin but coriaceous; petiole
is strong, pubescent, 2.5-4cm long. Inflorescence is plentiful, pubescent;
peduncle is 4cm long. |
(xxiii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera sp. A. COMMON NAME: Bois de la
soupe LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: |
(xxiv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Gaertnera truncata COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Small tree, slender and
thin, 3.6-4.5m high; twigs are glabrous. Leaf blade is elliptical, pointed to
acuminate at the tip, cuneiform at the base, quite coriaceous; petiole 1.5-2.2cm
long. Inflorescence branching, with white branches; peduncle about 4-7cm long;
corolla is white. Fruit is unknown. |
(xxv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Mussaenda arcuata COMMON NAME: Liane
cacapoule LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A small
shrub, sometimes creeping, with a terminal bunch of yellow flower, ornate at the
center of an orange red star via a darker colour. Shrub sometimes creeping,
reaching 0.5-7m high; branches usually glabrous, sometimes with spreading short
hairs. Leaves often by 3, with petiole of 0.3-2.2cm long; lamina is coriaceous,
elliptical to rounded. Flowers are +- sessile, with fragrance; corolla with tube
greenish yellow, glabrous, pubescent. |
(xxvi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Mussaenda landia COMMON NAME: Quinquina
indigene; Quinquina du pays LOCATION: Found in humid
forest. STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A small
tree with wide tubulous flower that is white in colour. Bark has tonic and
febrifuge properties. Small tree droit, 4.5-7m high, with branches spread; bark
is smooth, brown grey, yellowish green within. Leaves are almost glabrous to
velvety; lamina is elliptical, narrowly oval-elliptical, or oblong, shortly
acuminate at the tip, rounded at the base. Inflorescence is multiflores; flowers
with fragrance; corolla with tube greenish at the base and tip, reddish in the
middle. Fruit is oblong, pubescent, dehiscent. |
(xxvii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Myonima
vaughanii COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Shrub with
thick twigs, brown grey. Leaves with petiole 3-7mm long; lamina is narrowly
rounded at the tip, rounded to cuneiform at the base, becoming brownish when
drying. Inflorescence is short, 9-multiflores, trichotomous. |
(xxviii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Myonima
violaceae COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Shrub very
much branched or bush of 0.65-5m high; branches pale grey, glabrous. Leaves with
petiole 1-4mm long; lamina is oblong, oval or elliptical-oblong, rounded at the
tip, heart-shaped at the base, coriaceous but still thin,
glabrous. Inflorescence is terminal, trichotomous, in cymes; corolla is white,
tinted with pink on the outside. Fruit is red, sometimes with white rays,
subspherical, fleshy, 6-9mm in diameter. |
(xxix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Oldenlandia sieberi COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Grass
annual or perrenial, diffuse or compact, with several buds, glabrous, very
short, forming a rosette or 2.5-15cm long and spreading. Leaves are narrowly
elliptical, reduced at the base, obtuse or sub-pointed at the tip,
subcoriaceous, having very short triangular hairs on both surfaces. Flowers are
glabrous, solitary, one by each node; corolla is white. Fruit is of capsule
type, compressed-obovoid, 2-4mm long and glabrous. |
(xxx) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Psathura borbonica COMMON NAME: Bois
cassant LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Small shrub
or slender bush, 1-4m high; cyme appears as an umbrella; small branches are very
fragile, glabrous but the young parts are pubescent; trunk is of about 4-5cm in
diameter; bark is grey, blackish or dark brown and not smooth; wood is very
hard. Leaf blade is narrowly oblong-elliptical, pointed at the tip, cuneiform at
the base, coriaceous, thin, discoloured. Inflorescence
is axillary or terminal, 3-25-flowers. Flower with fragrance; corolla is white
or yellowish white. Fruit is waxy white, spherical, ellipsoid or ovoid, 3-7mm
long. |
(xxxi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Psathura myrtifolia COMMON NAME: Bois
cassant a petites feuilles LOCATION:
Brise-Fer STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub
spreading or bush with an umbrella type cyme, 1-3m high; branches are slender,
thin and glabrous. Leaf blade is elliptical or narrowly oboval, obtuse at the
tip, cuneiform at the base. Inflorescence with peduncle of 4mm long, often
3-flores; corolla is white. Fruit is ovoid-spherical, white, slightly rough, with thin flesh, spongious. |
(xxxii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Psychotria balfouriana COMMON NAME: Bois
lubine LOCATION: STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: Small shrub
which is glabrous, with tetragonal twigs; twigs with grey bark, +- shiny. Leaves
with petiole of about 1.5cm long; lamina is lanceolate, pointed at the tip,
coriaceous, having dark reddish brown spots of resin on both surfaces. Flowers
in terminal cluster; pedicels very short. Fruit unknown. |
(xxxiii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pyrostria cordifolia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
bush of 1.8-7.5m high, with trunk of 25cm in diameter; bark is brownish black;
branches with pale grey bark. Leaf blade is oblong-lanceolate, elliptical,
oblong or oval, rounded at the tip, rounded, truncate or heart-shaped at the
base, coriaceous, thin, shiny above. Inflorescence
consists only of male flowers. Female flowers are solitary, sessile. Fruit is
subspherical, 8mm in diameter, 4-lobes. |
(xxxiv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pyrostria fasciculata COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
bush of 2-6m high, with trunk of 3-5cm in diameter; bark is pale brown, smooth;
branches becoming browns or yellowish grey when drying. Leaf blade is elliptical
or elliptical-oblong, narrowly rounded or obtuse at the tip, cuneiform at the
base, +- coriaceous, glabrous with revoluted margin. Inflorescences are
sessile. Flowers are +- sessile, with fragrance; corolla is yellowish or pale
pink. |
(xxxv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pyrostria ferruginea COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: Small
tree. Leaf blade is oblong-elliptical to oval-elliptical, rounded but +- obtuse
at the tip, rounded or truncate at the base, coriaceous, glabrous; petiole 2-4mm
long. Male flower is unknown. Female flowers are solitary, sessile. |
(xxxvi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pyrostria macrophylla COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Small tree
reaching 8m high; branches are glabrous. Leaf blade is elliptical, rounded at
the tip, cuneiform at the base, upper surface is often blackish purple, greyish
blue-green beneath., coriaceous, glabrous. Male flowers
are sessile, in group. Female flowers are sessile and solitary. |
(xxxvii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pyrostria viburnoides COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub which
is bushy of 1.2-4m high and with trunk of 2cm in diameter; branches are
straight, tetragonal. Leaf blade is elliptical, elliptical-oblong, rounded at
the tip, sub-pointed, rounded or heart-shaped at the base, coriaceous, with
revoluted margin. Inflorescence male3-8-flores. Female flowers are solitary.
Fruit is subspherical, finely rough, with fine hairs. |
(xxxviii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Scyphochlamys revoluta COMMON NAME: Bois
mangue LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: |
(xxxix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Spermacoce flagelliformis COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Grass
annual or perrenial, usually straight, not ramified to quite ramified at the base, 15-65cm high; bud is glabrous, +-
angular. Leaf blade is linearly-elliptical, or linearly-lanceolate, pointed at
the tip, glabrous on the lower surface. Flowers in whorl at the apical or
subapical nodes. Fruit of capsule type, oblong-ellipsoidal, 2.5mm long, with
long hairs on the apical part, capsule with 4 valves. |
(xxxx) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Spermacoce mauritiana COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Grass
annual, not hardy, decumbent, or straight, 3-40cm long, usually branching; buds
with crisped hairs. Leaf blade is elliptical to elliptical-lanceolate, rounded
to pointed at the tip, reduced on the petiole, glabrous
on both surface except the margin and the midrib. Flowers in small groups pauciflores found mostly near the nodes; corolla is
white and long. Fruit is oblong, compressed, pubescent. |
(xxxxi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Spermacoce tenuior COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: Grass
annual, straight or creeping, 30-90cm long, with tetragonal buds, most are
glabrous. Leaf blade is elliptical to linearly-elliptical, pointed at the tip, a
petiole-like base, often thin, glabrous or puberulent on the upper
surface. Corolla is white, white &pink or pale purple. Fruit is of capsule
type, obovoid-subspherical to ellipsoid, dehiscent on top. |
44. | FAMILY:
RUPPIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ruppia
maritime COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Branches
are long, slender and thin. Leaves are linear-filiform, 4-15cm long, pointed,
with serrated margin. Peduncle 2-3mm long, curved,
straighten after flowering and reaching 5cm. Fruit is ovoid, 2-3mm long,
with a beak. |
45. | FAMILY:
RUTACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Euodia
chapelieri COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: A low tree
or slender shrub, little ramified reaching 5m high.
Leaves uni-foliated, limb coriaceous, elliptical or oval, rounded at the tip and
obtuse at the base. Inflorescence are variable,
glabrous. Petals 2.2-2.6mm long, glabrous on the exterior. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Euodia
obtusifolia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub or
tree of about 10m high. Leaves almost tri-foliated, coriaceous, petiole short or
long. Petals of inflorescence 1.7-2.7mm long, glabrous or pubescent on the
exterior. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vepris
lanceolata COMMON NAME: Bois de
patte de poule LOCATION:
Brise-Fer STATUS: Rare,
Indigenous DESCRIPTION: A shrub or
small tree with more or less slender branches. Bark contains 2% tannin. Petiole
1.5-7cm long, glabrous. Leaves more or less sessile, glabrous, margin entire,
oboval, elliptical or oval at the tip, usually pointed at the base.
Inflorescence is 2-10cm long, in general more or less conical, sometimes more
wide than long or reduced in simple racemes, pauciflore. Flowers are in general
more or less equidistant in female panicles and grouped in fascicles on lateral
branches. Male pedicels are firmer than in female flowers. Petals oblong, the
tip curved. Fruit becoming globose when dry and taste as pepper. Roots used
against colic and influenza. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Zanthoxylum heterophylum COMMON NAME: Bois de
catafaille noir LOCATION: Brise-Fer,
Found on coastal forest. STATUS: Endangered,
Indigenous DESCRIPTION: Tree with
smooth, dark gray bark, trunk reaching 30-50cm diameters at breast height. Adult
tree is usually without spine. Juvenile leaves 25-30cm long, adult leaves
15-20cm long. Peduncles of inflorescence 3-7cm long, male inflorescence
ramified, 15-20cm long and 6-13cm large bearing more then 100 flowers grouped in
fascicles or in short raceme. Female inflorescence is 15-18cm long. Fruit
sub-globose to largely ovoid. It is prescribed as stomachic and
tonic. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Zanthoxylum paniculatum COMMON NAME: Bois
pasner, Bambara LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: Spines more
frequent on adult tree than in Zanthoxylon heterophyllum. Juvelile leaves
collected only once. Foliage is very similar to Zanthoxylon heterophyllum.
Flowers unknown. Fruit as in Zanthoxylon heterophyllum. |
46. | FAMILY:
SAPINDACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Molinaea alternifolia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Bois de
gaulettes, Found at all altitude. STATUS: Not
threatened, Endemic to Reunion and Mauritius. DESCRIPTION:
Shrub. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Molinaea laevis COMMON NAME: Bois de
gaulettes; Bois de sagaie blanc LOCATION: Found in
dry region: Yemen, Magenta,Cabinet. STATUS: Not threatened,
Endemic DESCRIPTION:
shrub |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Molinaea macrantha COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Endemic in
humid zone: Perrier, Petrin. Bel Ombre. STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Shrub It
has a long cluster of pink flowers which flowers in the period Jan-March. It has
ornamental interest. |
47. | FAMILY:
SAPOTACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Labourdonnaisia calophylloides COMMON NAME: Natte a
petites feuilles LOCATION: STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: A tree
30-40 ft. high, glabrous in all its parts with stout branchlets. Leaves are
crowded towards the end of the branchlets on petioles ½ in. long, oblong,
obtuse, cuneate at the base, 2-4 in. long, very rigid, green beneath with fine
immersed, erecto-patent veins. Flowers are solitary or crowded often drooping;
pedicels, ½-11/2 in. long, petals 12, lanceolate, whitish as long as or rather
longer than the sepal. It is a one-seeded brown berry. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Sideroxylon boutonianum COMMON NAME: Bois de
fer LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A tree,
glabrous in all its parts with moderately stout terete rugose branches. Leaves
are glabrous, coriaceous, obovate-oblong, obtuse, rounded at the base, 3-6 in.
long, and petiole ¼ to ½ in. long. Flowers are 3-6 in a cluster on slender
pedicel, ¼-3/8 inch long; petals, lingulate, as long as the sepals. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Sideroxylon cinereum COMMON NAME: Manglier
vert LOCATION: Endemic of
median altitude STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Tree
reaching 10m high, often ramified very low with several trunks; bark dark gray.
The blade is narrow to elliptical, glabrous on both surfaces; senescent leaves
turning orange red before falling. Flowers are in fascicles, can flower several
consecutive years and reaching 5-6mm high. Berry is spherical, about 1cm in diameter, containing abundant white
latex. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Sideroxylon galateum COMMON NAME: Bois de
pomme LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A
heterophyllous tree, reaching more than 20m high. The bark is platanoid. Young
leaves have linear limb. Adult leaves with blade elliptical to oblong, rounded
at the tip. Flowers found in the axil of the leaves. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Sideroxylon grandiflorum COMMON NAME:
Tambalacoque LOCATION: Bassin
blanc STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A tree with
stout terete branchlets. Leaves are crowded at the end of the branches, petiole
¾-11/4 in, long. Flowers are 1-3 together, the nodes little raised, pedicles ¼-1
in. long; petals, lingulate, as long as the sepals. Drupes are the size of a
small apple with a thick fleshy pericarp. |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Sideroxylon puberulum COMMON NAME: Manglier
rouge LOCATION:
Florin, Found in coastal region STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Tree
reaching 15m high, with trunk usually straight, not ramfied at the base; grey
bark, +-smooth. Lamina of the leaves is elliptical to oboval, rounded at the
tip, +- cuneiform at the base, with revoluted margin. Young leaves and branches
are covered with a dense reddish brown tomentose hairs
that is persistent during growth. Flowers fasciculees par 5-15, on the leafless
part of the small branches. Hermaphrodite flowers with 5 sepals while female
flowers are smaller with no corolla. Berry is spherical, about 1cm in diameter, black when matured, containing an
abundant white latex. |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Sideroxylon sessiliflorum COMMON NAME:
Conabo LOCATION: Grown beneath
high canopy in humid forest. STATUS: Vulnerable,
Endemic DESCRIPTION: Endemic
shrub grown beneath high canopy in humid forest. Shrub mostly
multicaule, reaching 8m high, with trunk of 10-15cm in diameter, few branching
out near the summit. Leaves with lamina straightly elliptical, or obovate,
rounded at the top, glabrous. Berry is ovoid, 2-2.5cm long. |
48. | FAMILY:
SCROPHULARIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Bacopa
monnieri COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Found in
coastal regions STATUS: Unknown,
Indigenous. DESCRIPTION: Perennial
herb with creeping bud, rooted at the knots with fleshy leaves. Flowers are
white with a purple tinge.
|
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Lindernia rotundifolia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Found in
wetlands or riverbanks. STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Very small
creeping herb with small, white flowers and blue or purple
tinge.
|
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Torenia
thouarsii COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Found on Mt
Cocotte. STATUS:
Unknown DESCRIPTION: Slender
herb, rooted to the nodes with white flowers washed with a violet-blue
colour. |
49. | FAMILY:
STERCULIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Dombeya
populnea COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A tree,
20-25 ft. high, glabrous throughout with slender terete branches. Leaves are
thin, round-cordate, acute or acuminate, 3-4 in. long; petiole slender as long
as the blade. Flowers are in peduncles as long as the petioles, pedicels, 1-3
times of calyx; petals, ¼ -1/3 in. long, oblanceolate or obversely deltoid.
Capsules are glabrous, depresso-globose, 1/6 in. thick. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Trochetia boutoniana COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Le
Morne STATUS: Endangered,
Endemic DESCRIPTION: Shrub
reaching 2-3m high, trunk short, 20cm diameter, ramified rapidly in numerous
branches. Leaves have limb that is strictly oval, oval-elliptical, obtuse to
rounded at the tip, rounded to twisted at the base,
petiole 1.5-3cm long, covered by whitish or yellowish scaly hairs. Peduncles are
axillary, uniflore, 2-4cm long, pedicels 5-8mm long. Petals are asymmetrical,
4.5cm long, red carmine in colour. Nectar is present in the corolla. Capsule is
globose, 1.5-2cm diameter. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Trochetia parviflora COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Corps de
Garde STATUS: Critically
endangered DESCRIPTION: A
much-branched low shrub with lepidote brown pubescence. Leaves are oblong,
entire, 1-11/2 in. long, firm, obtuse, scabrous above rather rounded at the
base, thinly scurfy beneath, petiole ¼ in. long. Flowers are found in peduncles
erect, 3-flowered, longer than the petioles; petals are
broad but not longer than the sepals. |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Trochetia triflora COMMON
NAME: LOCATION:
Plaine Champagne STATUS:
Vulnerable DESCRIPTION: A small
tree with petioles, peduncles, leaves below and sepals clothed with dense brown,
scurfy, pubescence. Leaves are oblong, crowded near the end of the branches, 4-6
in. long, acute, sub-entire, broadly rounded at the base, coriaceous, green and
scabrous above, covered with brown, tomentum beneath, petioled erect, 1-2 in.
long. Flowers are in peduncles, much deflexed, exceeding the petiole,
3-flowered; petals obovate, ½ as long as the sepals. Fruits are hard, oblong,
furfuraceous. |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Trochetia uniflora COMMON
NAME: LOCATION:
Plaine Champagne STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: A low
shrub, with petioles, peduncles and leaves below, clothed with dense brown
scurfy pubescence. Leaves are oblong, 2-3 in. long, entire, firm, rounded at the
base, obtuse, petiole ½-1 in., ascending or curved. Flowers are in peduncles
1-flowered, deflexed exceeding the petioled. Capsules are hard, globose,
furfuraceous, ¼-1/3 in. thick. |
50. | FAMILY:
SURIANACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Souriana maritima COMMON NAME: Bois
matelot LOCATION: Flat island,
Found on coastal corals. STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: A compact
shrub reaching more than 1,50m high in the mascarenes but in other places, they
can reach a small tree. The branches are covered of a dense, gray and hairy coat
formed by glandulous and simple hairs, leaf scars very distinct. The leaves are
grouped at the tip of branches, sessile, limb strictly obovate to
obovate-oblong, quite coriaceous, rounded and obtuse at the tip and gradually
narrow at the base. Inflorescence is axillary, having dense velved hairs as in
the branches, sometimes more or less hidden by the leaves. Flowers are 3-6, the
lateral ones developing later than the terminal ones. Petals are yellow,
obovate, glabrous, the tip rounded and more or less vaguely serrated. Fruit is
globose, blackish and 3-4mm in diameter. Recommended in case of Laffe
sting-venimous fish. |
51. | FAMILY:
TACCACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Tacca
artocarpifolia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Found at
Nouvelle Decouverte, Camp Thorel. STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION:
Indigenous in Madagascar and possibly
in Mauritius. The spike, which
appear before the leaves is 1-3 cm long and bears white
flowers. |
52. | FAMILY:
TRISTICHACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Tristicha trifaria COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Indeterminate DESCRIPTION: |
53. | FAMILY:
TURNERACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Mathurina pendulifolia COMMON NAME: Bois
Gandine LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Tree of
4-12m high, heterophyllous; pale wood, fine grain; bark is pale and rough;
branches in whorl, straight; small branches reddish. Leaves are glabrous except
near the base which is covert with thin short hairs, simple, pointed; juvenile
lamina is linear with strictly revoluted margin; intermediate forms exist until
the adult form, which is obovate, entire or crenated. Flowers axillary, peduncle
1.6-4.4cm. petals are oval or oboval, white and
glabrous. Fruit is a capsule which is ellipsoidal, dehiscent; valves 3, external
surface greenish and interior is whitish.
|
54. | FAMILY:
Ulmaceae |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Celtis
philippensis COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Indeterminate DESCRIPTION: |
55. | FAMILY:
UMBELLIFERAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Centella asiatica COMMON NAME: Herbe
boileau; Asiatic Pennywort LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Creeping
herb, rooted to the knots. Leaves subcircular, V-shaped at the
base. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pilea COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pilea
pollicaris COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Mt
Lagrave STATUS:
Endangered DESCRIPTION: |
(iv) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pilea
thouarsiana COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Mt
Lagrave STATUS:
Extinct DESCRIPTION: |
(v) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pilea
trilobata COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Mt
Lagrave STATUS:
Indeterminate DESCRIPTION: |
(vi) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pilea
verbascifolia COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Mt
Lagrave STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: |
(vii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Pouzolzia laevigata COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: |
(viii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Procris
pedunculata COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: |
(ix) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Urera
acuminata COMMON NAME: Liane a
gratter LOCATION: Found at
Macchabee, Gorges Riviere Noire, Le Pouce, Cabinet. STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: Small
shrub, endemic, creeping and the exuded milky jus is very irritating to the eyes
and skin. |
56. | FAMILY:
Violaceae |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME: Viola
inconspicua COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS:
Rare DESCRIPTION: |
57. | FAMILY:
ZANNICHELLIACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Halodule uninervis COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: Found all
around the coast. STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Perrenial
plants, graminiform. Rhizome with long internode, node with 1-6 roots, scales
oval or elliptical. Leaves having tip with 2 linearly lateral parts. Fruit is
globose with long beak. |
(ii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Syringodium isoetifolium COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Rhizome
with internodes 1-3.5cm long. Scales 5mm long. Terminal cyme. Leaves are
reduced, lamina not longer than 20mm. Both male and female flowers are
similar. Fruit with beak of 2mm. |
(iii) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Thalassodendron ciliatum COMMON
NAME: LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION: Hardy
rhizome, 5mm in diameter, internodes of1-3cm long; scales are oval, 6mm long,
deciduous, roots are helical. Bud 10-65cm long. Leaves are linear, green tinted
with reddish purple, lightly reduced at the base, margin is entire. Flowers are
almost sessile, yellow tint with red. Fruit is oblong, 3-5cm long. |
58. | FAMILY:
ZINGIBERACEAE |
(i) | SCIENTIFIC NAME:
Aframomum angustifolium COMMON NAME: Longouze;
Zedoaire du pays LOCATION: STATUS: Not
threatened DESCRIPTION:
|
