5 plants worth knowing
Grenada
Grenada, known as the “Spice Isle”, is a mountainous volcanic island with humid rainforest and cloud forest around the Grand Etang crater lake and the summit of Mount St Catherine. Groves of nutmeg, cinnamon and cocoa trees grow here in the shade of taller trees, while the drier south of the island, together with Carriacou and Petite Martinique, is covered in dry forest and scrub.
Hover over a plant to see on the map where it grows.
where it grows
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Nutmeg
Myristica fragrans
The nutmeg fruit appears on the national flag – Grenada is one of the world’s largest producers of nutmeg.
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Great bougainvillea
Bougainvillea spectabilis
Grenada’s national flower – a thorny climber that drapes walls and gardens all year round in cascades of purple, pink and orange.
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Ceylon cinnamon
Cinnamomum verum
After nutmeg, the second scent of the “Spice Isle” – rolled cinnamon sticks are sold at every market in St. George’s.
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Gumbo-limbo
Bursera simaruba
A tree with peeling, coppery-red bark – the emblem of the dry forests that are home to the endemic Grenada dove.
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West Indian tree fern
Cyathea arborea
Ferns as tall as trees surround the Grand Etang crater lake, giving Grenada’s mountain forest a prehistoric look.
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