Le Jardin du Roi Spice Garden

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Le Jardin du Roi (“The King’s Garden”), also called the Spice Garden, is located on a hilltop on the Mahé island. It’s a quaint relic of the 18th century French attempts to break the Dutch monopoly over the spice trade by establishing spice cultivations on the island.

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Plumeria or frangipani
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Probably Clerodendrum fragrans
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The buds look like a porcupine
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A bunch of fruits
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Citrus fruits
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Syzygium
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Syzygium
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Fruit
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Probably Alpinia purpurata - pink cone ginger
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Probably Alpinia purpurata - red ginger
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Red flower
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Heliconia or lobster claw flower
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Heliconia rostrata or hanging lobster claw flower
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Flower
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Hippobroma longiflora or Star of Bethlehem
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Probably Ixora javanica yellow flower