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Prunus persica

桃

Peach, Flowering Peach

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Excoecaria cochinchinensis

紅背桂

Cochinchinese Excoecaria

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Ravenala madagascariensis

旅人蕉

Traveller's Palm

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Melastoma sanguineum

毛棯

Bloodred Melastoma

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Catharanthus roseus

長春花

Rose Periwinkle

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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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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