Bougainvillea is a popular ornamental plant grown for its colorful bracts that add color to surrounding areas. It is commonly used in parks, homes, and institutions as bushes, climbers, hedges, topiaries, standards, pot plants, and bonsai. Bougainvillea is drought and pollution resistant and widely adaptable to different climates. Research institutes and universities have developed many cultivars of Bougainvillea in India due to its ornamental and commercial importance. Bougainvillea flowers are tubular with bright colored bracts that attract beneficial insects and require at least 6-8 hours of sunlight per day.

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Bougainvillea is a popular ornamental plant
mainly grown for its attractive colourful
bracts that splash colour to the
surrounding.

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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.

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ADAPTABILITY
Wide adaptability to different agro-climatic
conditions & easy for multiplication.

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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.

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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.

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Bougainvillea plants are drought tolerant &
sun lovers requires atleast 6-8 hours of
light.

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Water the bougainvillea plants 3 weeks
once. Not to over water the plants.

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Bougainvillea plants grows in wide range of
soil with well-drained structure.

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Both in indoor & outdoor environments. In
indoor as bonsai plants.

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Both in indoor & outdoor environments. In
indoor as bonsai plants.

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Bougainvillea plants can be easily
propagated through the hard wood cuttings.

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Application of any organic fertilizer such as
6 months old compost or vermicompost
around the plants.

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Application of any organic fertilizer such as
6 months old compost or vermicompost
around the plants.
GROW GREEN AROUND

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