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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dietes bicolor | 雙色野鳶尾 | Herbaceous | Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Evergreen | - | - | White, Yellow | c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY, g. JULY, g. JUNE | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic | |||
Pinus elliottii | Slash Pine | 濕地松 | Conifer | Hillside Woodland | Evergreen | Drought Tolerant, Hillside/Slope Planting Nurse Tree | - | - | Inconspicuous | - | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic | |
Sesbania cannabina | Dhaincha | 田菁 | Herbaceous | Disturbed/Waste Ground, Farmland/Former Farmland/Village | Semi Deciduous | Drought Tolerant | - | - | Yellow | g. JULY, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER, j. OCTOBER, k. NOVEMBER, l. DECEMBER | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic, Naturalised | |
Bombax ceiba | Bombax malabaricum | Tree Cotton | 木棉 | Tree | Farmland/Former Farmland/Village, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional) | Deciduous | Yellow | NOVEMBER - JANUARY | Orange, Red | c. MARCH, d. APRIL | Inconspicuous | - | Exotic, Naturalised | |
Alocasia macrorrhiza | Alocasia odora | Giant Alocasia, Alocasia | 海芋 | Herbaceous | Hillside Woodland | Evergreen | Shade tolerant | - | - | White | All year round | Red | All year round | Native |
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