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Bougainvillea pachyphylla

Botanic Family

Nyctaginaceae

Author

Heimerl ex Standley

Common Names

• Papelillo (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• Peru

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jun (Bolivia) Feb
• Aug(Ecuador) Jun
• Jul
• Nov (Peru)

Fruiting Times

Sometimes scandent shrub or small tree to 3m armed with numerous spines. Young branchlets puberulent. Coriaceous puberulent leaves to 65mm x 50mm, rarely glabrate. 3-flowered axillary cymes, flowers with pink bracts to 25mm long, flowers 11mm long.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Studies of American Plants