ShrubCultivatedPerennial
Bougainvillea glabra Choisy
Paper flower
Description
A vigorous ornamental climber grown throughout the campus for the papery magenta bracts that surround its small, inconspicuous white flowers. The colour that reads as petals is bract tissue, which is why the display lasts for months.
Diagnostic Characters
Leaf
Ovate, glabrous, alternate
Flower
Small white tube, surrounded by three coloured bracts
Stem
Woody, thorny, scrambling
Phenology
J
F
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A
M
J
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A
S
O
N
D
Flowering
Fruiting
Flowering (Nov–Mar)
Ethnobotany & Uses
Ornamental
Widely planted for vibrant colour on campus walls and gates.
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Where it grows on campus
South Campus3West Campus3North-East Campus2
8
individuals mapped across 3 zones
References
- Plants of the World Online (POWO), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.