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PLANT TYPE
USUAL HABITAT
PROVENANCE(IN HONGKONG)
DESIGN FUNCTION
CLIMBER: SELF-CLINGING/TWINING/ CLAMBERING
EVERGREEN/SEMI DECIDUOUS/ DECIDUOUS
FOLIAGE COLOUR (OTHER THAN OR IN ADDITION TO GREEN)
FOLIAGE COLOUR (OTHER THAN GREEN) TIME OF YEAR
FLOWER COLOUR
FLOWER COLOUR TIME OF YEAR
FRUIT COLOUR
FRUIT COLOUR TIME OF YEAR
Species | Botanic Synonym | Common Name | Chinese Name | Plant Type | Usual Habitat | Evergreen / Semi Deciduous | Design Function | Colour Foliage | Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year | Colour Flower | Flower Colour Time of Year | Colour Fruits | Fruit Colour Time of Year | Provenance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lagerstroemia speciosa | Queen Crape Myrtle | 洋紫薇, 大葉紫薇 | Tree | Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional), Urban Street | Deciduous | Shade Tree, Street Tree | Purple, Red | NOVEMBER - DECEMBER | Purple | e. MAY, g. JULY, g. JUNE | Brown | j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER | Exotic | |
Leucaena leucocephala | White Popinac | 銀合歡 | Tree | Disturbed/Waste Ground | Semi Deciduous | Drought Tolerant | - | - | White | All year round | Brown | All year round | Exotic, Invasive | |
Tabebuia aurea | Silva Manso | 銀鱗風鈴木 | Tree | Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Semi Deciduous | Silver-blue | All year round | Yellow | b. FEBRUARY, c. MARCH | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic | ||
Acanthus ilicifolius | Spiny Bears Breech | 廈門老鼠簕 | Mangrove | Beach and Estuary | Evergreen | - | - | Purple, White | d. APRIL, e. MAY, g. JULY, g. JUNE | Inconspicuous | - | Native | ||
Ilex aquifolium | Holly | 歐洲冬青 | Tree | Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Hillside Woodland, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Evergreen | Hedge, Screen | - | - | White | e. MAY | Red | k. NOVEMBER, l. DECEMBER | Not found in HongKong |
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