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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prunus persica | Peach, Flowering Peach | 桃 | Tree | Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Deciduous | Edible Fruit | - | - | Pink, Red | c. MARCH, d. APRIL | Pink | d. APRIL, e. MAY, f. JUNE, g. JULY, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER | Exotic | |
Excoecaria cochinchinensis | Cochinchinese Excoecaria | 紅背桂 | Shrub | Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Evergreen | Hedge, Screen | Purple | All year round | Inconspicuous | - | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic | |
Ravenala madagascariensis | Traveller's Palm | 旅人蕉 | Palm | Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Evergreen | - | - | Inconspicuous | - | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic | ||
Melastoma sanguineum | Bloodred Melastoma | 毛棯 | Shrub | Hillside Scrub | Evergreen | Hedge, Hillside/Slope Planting Native | - | - | Pink | c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY, g. JULY, g. JUNE, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER | Inconspicuous | - | Native | |
Catharanthus roseus | Rose Periwinkle | 長春花 | Ground Cover | Disturbed/Waste Ground, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Evergreen | Drought Tolerant | - | - | Pink, White | All year round | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic, Naturalised |
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