FIJI’S iconic flower, the Tagimoucia, is not for sale. Fijian authorities have made this statement to Islands Business magazine following reports that a world-leading botanical garden is looking at taking the Tagimoucia flower to Asia and adding it to the collection at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay.
The Tagimoucia has deep cultural and historical significance in Fiji. Sacred to the people of Fiji’s northern provinces of Bua and Cakaudrove, especially to the people of Taveuni, it is an endemic flowering vine that grows only on the highlands of Taveuni, particularly on the sloping forests that lead up to Lake Tagimoucia and the upper slopes of Mount Seatura, in Bua, Vanua Levu.
For these communities, the Tagimoucia symbolises beauty and uniqueness, and is the subject of songs and legends and a great deal of pride. The flower formed the bouquet presented to England’s Queen Elizabeth the three times she has toured Fiji, and its likeness was included in the embroidery on the Dutchess of Sussex’s wedding veil when she married Prince Harry last year.
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