he blooms of bougainvillea aren't actually blooms at all. The showy paper-like structures are a modified leaf called a bract. These bracts hide the actual flowers inside, which are small and trumpet-shaped in whites and yellows.
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3. Bougainvillea
PLANT VALUES
• It is popular among parks, home and
institutional gardens grown mainly as bush,
climber, hedge, topiary, standard, pot plant,
bonsai, on pergolas and trees.
• Moreover, as it is a drought and pollution
resistant plant.
5. Bougainvillea
BOUGAINVILLEA IMPORTANCE
• Considering its ornamental & commercial
importance,R&D (research & development)
were taken up by the different national
research institutes (IARI,IIHR, NBRI,
BARC), state agriculture universities, Agri-
horticultural societies (Kolkata & Chennai
even by the prtogressive nursery men.
• As the result large number of cultivars
have developed in India.
6. Bougainvillea
FLOWER MORPHOLOGY
The flowers of bougainvillea are
hermaphrodite, tubular in shape with a
constriction in the middle & borne in cluster
of three, each flower subtended by bright
coloured bracts which helps to attract many
beneficial insects.