Labourdonnaisia calophylloides
| Labourdonnaisia calophylloides | |
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| Young specimen at Vallée de Ferney | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Subfamily: | Sapotoideae |
| Genus: | Labourdonnaisia |
| Binomial name | |
| Labourdonnaisia calophylloides Bojer | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Labourdonnaisia calophylloides ("Bois de Natte a Petites Feuilles") is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae native to the islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.[1]
It reaches heights of 20 meters in the wild, and it develops a very characteristic and ornamental shape, as its leaves bunch together at the very tips of each twig.
In the wild it still occurs in Mauritius at Grand Bassin, Petrin, and is locally common in the recovering forests of Monvert.
It is not to be confused with its relative and similarly named Labourdonnaisia glauca ("Bois de Natte a Grandes Feuilles").
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Detail of foliage of a young specimen, at Monvert Nature Park, Curepipe
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