Chandigarh Forests
Department of Forest & Wildlife
UT Administration
Chandigarh
Department of Forest & Wildlife
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Division
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Angiosperms
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Class
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Dicotyledons
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Subclass
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Apetalae |
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Order
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Curvembryae |
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Family
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Nyctaginaceae |
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Genus
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Bougainvillea |
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Species
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spectabilis |
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Botanical name: |
Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd. |
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Local/Trade names: |
Bougainvillea |
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Conservation status: |
Commonly cultivated in India. |
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Digonestic features:
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Flowers the bracts, purple or rosy-purple. |
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Description:
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An arborescent shrub, climbing over large trees or walls spines, 3-4 cm long, more or less curved. Leaves ovate-obtuse or shortly acuminate, 6-9 x 5 cm. Flower terminal or axillary, seated on peduncles and more or less gathered into branched panicled inflorescence; bracts purple or rosy-purple, ovate, 2-4.5 cm long. Fruit club-shaped, 5-ribbed, glabrous or pubescent. |
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Phenology:
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Fls.: Throughout the year in dry weather. |
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Distribution:
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Native of Brazil. Cultivated in gardens since 1860 in India. |
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Where to see it:
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Boundary of the garden. |
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Uses:
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Planted as ornamental. |
