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Bougainvillea peruviana

Botanic Family

Nyctaginaceae

Author

Humboldt & Bonpland

Offspring

Bougainvillea × buttiana, Bougainvillea 'Ecuador Pink', Bougainvillea 'Lady Hudson', Bougainvillea 'Panama Pink', Bougainvillea 'Princess Margaret Rose'

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Columbia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• thorn forest
• forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Jul (Ecuador) Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec (Peru)

Fruiting Times

Spiny erect or scandent shrub to 15m with spines to 25mm long. Puberulent or glabrate branches. Glabrous leaves to 70mm long. Inflorescence with 35mm magenta to pink flower bracts, white flowers to 20mm long.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Iredell 1989
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE