Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden

The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden, and SSR Botanical Garden, Pamplemousses Botanical Garden, or, is a botanical garden and tourist attraction eight kilometers north of Port Louis in the vicinity of the place Pamplemousses on the African island nation of Mauritius.

Historical, general facts

The oldest botanical garden in the Southern Hemisphere covers an area of ​​about 37 hectares. He was on an initiative of Pierre Poivre, a French physiocrat, reconnaissance, horticulture specialist, and director, intendant de l' île de France ( Ile Maurice) in 1770. He imported exotic plants and put the garden as to how he can still be seen today.

The site was originally owned by Barmond, who had acquired it in 1729 and gave him the name of Mon Plaisir. 1735 acquired Mahé de LABOURDONNAIS the site and built it first spices to.

The garden was especially known for its giant water lilies, talipot palm trees and water lilies, but he also offers a large number of partly exotic spices, ebony trees, sugar cane and 85 different species of palms from Central America, Asia, Africa and other islands in the Indian Ocean. Some of the trees were brought as gifts from heads of state to Mauritius, including Princess Margaret, Indira Gandhi, François Mitterrand and Robert Mugabe.

In the middle of the park is beyond the colonial home Mon Plaisir, which is a listed building and is only open for state receptions.

The park fee-based tours are offered.