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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Series
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Hypogynae
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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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glabra |
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Etymology: |
Named in honour of L.A. de Bougainville (1729-1811) a French navigator. |
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Botanical name: |
Bougainvillea glabra Choisy ( B. spectabilis var. glabra Hook.) |
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Local/Trade names: |
Bougainvillea, Baganbilas. |
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Digonestic features:
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Flowers the bracts, purplish-red. |
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Description:
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Large shrubs or woody stout climbers. Leaves broadly ovate-laneolate, 4-10 cm long, rounded, acute to acuminate at apex. Flower the bracts purplish-red, broadly ovate to oval, sub-cordate at the base, 2-4 cm long. Fruits turbinate, 5-ribbed, glabrous. |
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Phenology:
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Fls.: March-June. |
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Distribution:
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Native of Brazil. |
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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. |
