#1007 most planted
Bougainvillea spectabilis
Great bougainvillea · also Bellísima, Buganvil, Curazao
190
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
5.9 in
median trunk (15 cm, 188 measured)
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Bougainvillea spectabilis, also known as great bougainvillea, is a species of flowering plant native to eastern and southern Brazil. It is a shrub, liana, or climbing plant widely grown as an ornamental. It thrives in wet tropical climates.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1900.06%—5.9 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Northeast Brazil restingas
Other Bougainvillea in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
