Household: Family Allioniaceae - Four Clock family

Genus: Bougainvillea

Mintage: arborea

Mutual name calling: bougainvillea

General Verbal description: Bougainvillea arborea is a vigorous, evergreen, arboreous vine. Most bougainvillea have spined around, but this species is strange because it is spineless. A fellow member of the Four O-clock family, it is likewise fragrant, resembling the perfume of the Coast banksia shrub.

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