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Musa x paradisiaca

大蕉, 甘蕉

Common Banana, Banana

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Rhododendron simsii

紅杜鵑

Red Azalea

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Tectona grandis

柚木

Teak

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Vernicia Montana

木油樹

Wood-oil Tree

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Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'

花葉豔山薑 

Variegated Shell Ginger

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
Musa x paradisiaca
Common Banana, Banana
大蕉, 甘蕉
Herbaceous
Farmland/Former Farmland/Village
Evergreen
Edible Fruit, Screen
-
-
Purple
All year round
Green, Yellow
All year round
Exotic, Naturalised
Rhododendron simsii
Red Azalea
紅杜鵑
Shrub
Hillside Scrub, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Hedge, Hillside/Slope Planting Native
-
-
Red
a. JANUARY, b. FEBRUARY, c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY
Inconspicuous
-
Native
Tectona grandis
Teak
柚木
Tree
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Semi Deciduous
Shade Tree
-
-
White
h. AUGUST
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
Vernicia Montana
Aleurites montana
Wood-oil Tree
木油樹
Tree
Hillside Woodland, Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Deciduous
Fragrant, Hillside/Slope Planting Nurse Tree, Shade Tree
-
-
White
d. APRIL, e. MAY
Brown
g. JULY, h. AUGUST, i. SEPTEMBER
Exotic, Naturalised
Alpinia zerumbet 'Variegata'
Variegated Shell Ginger
花葉豔山薑 
Herbaceous
Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)
Evergreen
Yellow
All year round
White, Yellow
d. APRIL, e. MAY, g. JUNE
Inconspicuous
-
Exotic
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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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