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Bougainvillea spectabilis
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Family:
NYCTAGINACEAE
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Citation: Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 348. 1799; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1164(815). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 241. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 225. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 331. 1989; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 328. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 310. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 659. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 374. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 587. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Boganvilla, Kadalasupoovu-chedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bougainvillea, Paper flower
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Description:
Armed, straggling shrubs. Leaves alternate, ovate-acuminate, 11.5 x 9.5 cm, entire, lateral nerves 5-6 pairs, glabrous; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Flowers in axillary cymes or panicles, in triads, each flower is subtended by an ovate-acute, petaloid bract. Staminal filaments usually unequal, inflexed in bud. Ovary 1-celled; style filiform, stigma small; ovule solitary. Fruit indehiscent, enclosed in the hardened perianth tube.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-June
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Brazil, widely grown in tropics and subtropics
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White, Yellow, Purple, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Campshed area, Kasaragod
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