Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss. [985]

genus_ja: イカダカズラ

genus_en:

# spp.: 16

pub_year: 1789

accepted: Accepted

Family: Nyctaginaceae

family_ja: オシロイバナ

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distribution_en: S. America

description_en: Genus of 14 species of evergreen shrubs and trees, and evergreen or partly deciduous, sometimes thorny climbers, from forest and thickets in tropical and subtropical South America. They are grown for their small, tubular flowers, each surrounded by 3 colourful, petal-like bracts, borne in large, axillary and terminal clusters. The alternate leaves are mainly ovate, slender-pointed, and entire. In frost-prone areas, grow in a temperate greenhouse; elsewhere, use on a pergola, arbour, arch, or a house wall.

hardiness_en: Half hardy to frost tender. B. x buttiana, B. glabra, and B. spectabilis may survive short spells down to 0°C (32°F) if kept fairly dry in winter; some leaves may be lost.

cultivation_en:

propagation_en: Root softwood cuttings in early spring, or semi-ripe cuttings in summer, using a propagating case with bottom heat in frost-prone climates. In frost-free areas, root hardwood cuttings in situ in autumn. Layer in early autumn or spring.

pests_en: Red spider mites, mealybugs, aphids, and whiteflies may be a problem under glass.

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comment:

comment_ja: イカダカズラ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-06-07 16:01 by hkokubun@mac.com

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