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Boerhavia elegans is a species of flowering plants in the four o'clock flower family, Nyctaginaceae.
| Boerhavia elegans | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | Boerhavia |
| Species: | B. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Boerhavia elegans | |
| Subspecies | |
| Synonyms | |
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Boerhavia rubicunda Steud. ex Heimerl | |
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.
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