The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden, formerly known as the Royal Botanic Garden is situated in the village of Pamplemousses which lies about ten kilometres North East of Port Louis

The village “Pamplemousses” bears its name from a Citrus plant commonly called the Pamplemoussier.  Pamplemousse plants were introduced from Java by the Dutch and have been growing in the area since. The word ‘pompel’ in Dutch means ‘large’ and ‘limoes’ is the word for ‘lime’ in Malay.