BOUGAINVILLEA

NAMED AFTER A FRENCH NAVIGATOR 

The Bougainvillea plant is named after a French navigator, Louis de Bougainville, who took a specimen back to France in 1768. It is a hardy cultigen and seems to flower in times of little rain. The brilliant colours red, orange, white or pink of different plants emanate from leafy bracts, while the minute flowers within, are white and have no petals. One of the first ornamentals visitors will see in house gardens. It is very common.

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Special thanks to the late Desmond Nicholson of the Museum of Antigua & Barbuda and Peter Duce for making this section of Antigua Nice Ltd possible!


 

Bougainvillea- Antigua Flora

 
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