Boerhavia elegans

Boerhavia elegans

''Boerhavia elegans'' is a species of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae.

It is one of the species that compose the "tortoise turf", the food source of the Aldabra giant tortoise, of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles.
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyNyctaginaceae
GenusBoerhavia
SpeciesB. elegans
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