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Bambusa multiplex

蓬萊竹

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Zingiber officinale

薑

Ginger

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Magnolia grandiflora

荷花玉蘭, 洋玉蘭

Large-flowered Magnolia

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Clausena lansium

黄皮

Wampee

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Liquidambar formosana

楓香

Sweet Gum

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
Bambusa multiplex
蓬萊竹
Bamboo
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Hedge, Screen
-
-
Inconspicuous
-
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Zingiber officinale
Ginger
薑
Herbaceous
Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Fragrant
-
-
White
All year round
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic, Naturalised
Magnolia grandiflora
Large-flowered Magnolia
荷花玉蘭, 洋玉蘭
Tree
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Fragrant, Screen, Shade Tree
-
-
White
e. MAY, g. JUNE
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Clausena lansium
Wampee
黄皮
Tree
Farmland/Former Farmland/Village
Evergreen
Edible Fruit, Shade Tree
-
-
White
d. APRIL, e. MAY
Yellow
g. JULY
Exotic
Liquidambar formosana
Sweet Gum
楓香
Tree
Hillside Woodland, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional), Urban Street
Deciduous
Hillside/Slope Planting Native, Shade Tree, Street Tree
Orange, Purple, Red
NOVEMBER - DECEMBER
Inconspicuous
-
Brown
g. JULY, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER
Native
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Chlorophytum comosum

吊蘭

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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

崗棯

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Tabebuia chrysantha

黃花風鈴木

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Mussaenda pubescens

玉葉金花

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Axonopus compressus

地毯草

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Acrostichum aureum

鹵蕨

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Machilus thunbergii

紅楠

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