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  • COMMON NAME: Lesser bougainvillea, Paper flower, Bougainvillea.
  • ARABIC: جهنمية
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Bougainvillea glabra Choisy
  • SYNONYMS: Bougainvillea spectabilis var. glabra (Choisy) Hook
  • FAMILY: NYCTAGINACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35444-2#synonyms Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE.
Moderately salt tolerant, very common and successful ornamental plant.
Woody climber, weakly spiny shrub with a very tangled, twiggy branch structure. Leaves alternate, petiolate, ovate to elliptic, 1-4cm long, entire, acuminate at the apex. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, pedunculate, solitary in cymose groups, each mostly of 3 large coloured bracts, 2-4cm long and 1-3 cm broad, usually purple or white or variously coloured, each bearing a flower in the ventral surface near the base. Calyx petaloid of 5-sepals, united below into a long cylindrical tube. Flowering for a long period.
Cultivated as garden climber and found growing near buildings. Needs full sun and tolerates salinity. Flowering for a long period.
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