BOUGAINVILLEA BUTTIANA 
BOUGAINVILLEA L. A. de Bougainville ( 1728 - 1790 ), French navigator 
BUTTIANA of Mrs. Butt. 
English names: 
Crimson Bougainvillea; Mrs. 
Butt. 
Malay names : 
Bunga kertas. 
family : 
Nyctaginaceae. 
Country oj origin : 
Tropical America (introduced 
to cultivation at Trinidad in 
T9 1 0 by Mrs. Butt). 
Colour. 
bracts crimson fading to 
purple; flowers cream. 
Garden use: 
a sprawling shrub needing full 
sun, flowering after dry 
weather; flowering can be 
controlled by pot cultivation. 
Propagation : 
by woody cuttings. 
A, single flower with its bract. 
B, longitudunal section of flower showing 4 of 
the 8 unequal stamens, ovary with plumed 
stigma shorter than stamens. 
C, face view of top of flower; the £ points of the 
star are formed by the free tips of the sepals ; 
no petals; 2 stamens in throat of flower. 
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