Bougainvillea glabra Choisy
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Common names (English):
Common names (English):
Bougainvillea
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Shrub
Distribution:
Native of Brazil
Use: Ornamental
Description:
Scandent shrub; spiny hooks up to 1 cm long, slightly curved. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate to cordate. Flowers 3, c. 2 cm long. Sepals 5, acute, yellow above, lilac beneath, alternating with 5 irregular and adnate yellow lobed appendages. Staminal filaments 8-13 mm long, unequal.