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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Osmanthus fragrans | Sweet osmanthus | 桂花 | Shrub, Tree | Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Evergreen | Fragrant, Hedge, Screen | - | - | White | a. JANUARY, b. FEBRUARY, c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER, l. DECEMBER | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic | |
Ipomoea cairica | 五爪金龍 | Climber | Disturbed/Waste Ground, Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Semi Deciduous | Drought Tolerant | - | - | Purple | All year round | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic, Invasive, Naturalised | ||
Terminalia mantaly | Madagascar Almond | 小葉欖仁 | Tree | Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional), Urban Street | Semi Deciduous | Shade Tree, Street Tree | Yellow | NOVEMBER - DECEMBER | White | c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic | |
Eichhornia crassipes | Pontederia crassipes | Water Hyacinth | 鳳眼藍, 大水萍 | Freshwater Aquatic | Freshwater Aquatic/Wetlands | Evergreen | - | - | Purple, White | g. JULY, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER | Green | h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER | Exotic | |
Syngonium podophyllum | Arrowhead vine | 合果芋 | Climber, Ground Cover | Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Evergreen | Hanging Plant, Shade tolerant | - | - | Inconspicuous | - | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic, Naturalised |
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