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Bougainvillea spectabilis

Botanic Family

Nyctaginaceae

Author

Willdenow

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Hardiness Zone

9-11

Offspring

Bougainvillea spectabilis var. carnarvon, Bougainvillea spectabilis var. speciosa

Common Names

• Santa Rita
• Guambillo
• Buganbilla
• Ye zi hua (Pinyin)
• Flor de Papel (Cuba)
• Sekku-pan (Myanmar)
• Papelillo (Ecuador)

Geographical Habitats

• Rio de Janeiro
• Bahia
• Minas Gerais - Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Forest. Cultivated as an ornamental
• windbreak
• fence

Flowering Times

• May-Sep (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

Vigorous evergreen scandent erect or clambering shrub armed with spines to 40mm long. Leaves tomentulose to pilose beneath 100mm x 65mm often glabrate with age. Axillary cymes to 50mm long, 60mm purple or pink flower bracts, pilose flower 30mm long. Grey-green villous fruit to 15mm x 5mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Iredell 1989
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FOC
• RHS A-Z
• Llamas 2003
• Bodkin
• FB
• Mansfeld
• The Plant List
• VOPR
• USNH
• NAF
• Mendoza