Elaeocarpus bojeri
| Elaeocarpus bojeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Elaeocarpus |
| Species: | E. bojeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Elaeocarpus bojeri R.E. Vaughan
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Elaeocarpus bojeri, locally known as a bois dentelle ('lace wood' in French), descriptive of its delicate white flowers)[2] is a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family.[1] The species was once only found close to an Indian temple at Grand Bassin in Mauritius, where fewer than ten individuals were known to grow in the 1990s.[1][2]
Conservation
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It is not threatened because of being exploited itself, rather because its environment is being overrun by more commercially attractive alien species such as Psidium cattleyanum and Litsea monopetala.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c Page, W. (1998). "Elaeocarpus bojeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T30553A9562599. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T30553A9562599.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ a b Atlas Obscura: The Last Two Bois Dentelle Trees Visited 21 May 2016.
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