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Thespesia grandiflora
''Thespesia grandiflora'' is a tree in the Malvaceae family of the Rosids order.〔 Its English common name is maga.〔 This tree is widely distributed throughout Puerto Rico where it is endemic.〔(''Thespesia grandiflora DC. (maga).'' ) USDA. Natural Resources Conseration Service. Retrieved 5 September 2013.〕 Its Spanish common name in Puerto Rico is Maga〔(''La Reforestacion Gubernamental en Puerto Rico.'' ) Frank H. Wadsworth. Instituto Internacional de Dasonomía Tropical. U.S. Forest Service. Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. Page 105. Retrieved 9 September 2013.〕 Although originally endemic to the humid mountains of limestone in the western and north-central portions of the Island, today it grows everywhere in Puerto Rico due to its extensive cultivation.〔(''Thespesia grandiflora (DC.) Urban.'' ) John K. Francis. USDA. Forest Service. Retrieved 5 September 2013.〕 It is also grown as an ornamental tree in Florida, Hawaii, Honduras and in various Caribbean islands.〔 The maga is used as an ornamental plant, but the wood of the tree itself is valued elsewhere for its durable timber.〔
==Flower==
The flower of the tree, known as Flor de Maga, is the official national flower of Puerto Rico. The flower itself is very beautiful and is sometimes called a hibiscus in English, although it belongs to a different tribe, genus, and species from the true hibiscus.
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