Flor de Maga

Flor de Maga is Puerto Rico's Official National Flower. The flower of the Maga tree, AKA Thespesia grandiflora or Maga grandiflora grows near San Juan in North-Eastern Puerto Rico. This giant Hibiscus is endemic to the humid forests of Puerto Rico. San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico. ... Species See text Hibiscus or Rosemallow is a large genus of about 200-220 species of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae, native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. ... In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or one of various ways of being not native (e. ... A dense growth of softwoods (a conifer forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern California A forest is an area with a high density of trees (or, historically, a wooded area set aside for hunting). ...

The Maga is closely related to Hibiscus but unlike the common Hibiscus, the Maga is a tree. It is grown in tropical climates as an ornamental plant, but it’s valued elsewhere for its durable timber, which is used for furniture. The coniferous Sequoia, the tallest tree species on earth A tree is defined as a perennial, woody plant. ... The tropics are the geographic region of the Earth centered on the equator and limited in latitude by the two tropics: the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere. ... An ornamental is a plant variety that is grown for its beauty (in its end use), rather than commercial or other value. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Lumber. ... Furniture is the collective term for the movable objects which support the human body (seating furniture and beds), provide storage, and hold objects on horizontal surfaces above the ground. ...