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Bougainvillea is wonderful (lat. Bougainvillea spectabilis) - a variety of evergreen flowering plants of the genus
Bougainvillea families
Nicholas or Nyctaginaceae (lat. Nyctaginaceae) … The homeland of this species is the tropics of several countries in South America. Small white or yellowish flowers hide in bright bracts, giving the plant a picturesque look. A fast-growing and unpretentious plant is very popular in the landscape design of warm countries. A soft drink is prepared from the bracts. Bougainvillea wonderful Has healing powers.
What's in your name
If the Latin name of the genus "Bougainvillea" the plants owe a French botanist named Philibert Commerson (Philibert Commerson, November 18, 1727 - March 13, 1773), who immortalized the name of his employer, the French navigator, Count Louis Antoine de Bougainville (Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, November 12 1729 - August 31, 1811), who took Comerson on a round-the-world research trip as a botanist, the specific epithet "spectabilis" was assigned to this species of the genus for the picturesque appearance of the plant during the flowering period. After all, the Latin word "spectabilis" is translated into Russian by the words: "beautiful" or "beautiful".
Description
Bougainvillea is wonderful, home to the tropics of Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina and Peru, in the wild it can be a shrub, whose branches grow from four and a half to twelve meters in height, or a tree liana, clinging to a turned support in its movement to the sun.
The stems of the remarkable Bougainvillea are protected from the vicissitudes of fate by pubescence and are armed with sharp thorns from enemies. The thorns also help the vines to cling to a support that can be used by nearby tropical trees. On the stems are evergreen petiole leaves, which have a traditional heart-shaped shape.
The flowers of Bougainvillea are remarkable, as a rule, very miniature in size, with white rounded petals and stamens sticking out from the center. They are almost invisible on the plant. To attract pollinators to such inconspicuous flowers, the wonderful Bougainvillea made a cunning move. The plant modified the leaves surrounding the flowers, turning them into bright bracts, which many people, far from botanical wisdom, mistake for the flowers of Bougainvillea wonderful. The color of the bracts can be very different: white, orange, crimson, red, light brown, lilac, violet, purple-red, but always bright and attractive, both for pollinating insects and for a person admiring the wonderful Bougainvillea.
The crown of the vegetation cycle of Bougainvillea is remarkable, almost invisible, small-sized, elongated, dry achene fruits. Reproduction of Bougainvillea remarkable is carried out by sowing seeds, or using stem or root cuttings.
Usage
For its scenic beauty, rapid growth and unpretentiousness to the living conditions of Bougainvillea, this wonderful one fell in love with landscape designers all over the world, and therefore in countries with a warm climate, it quickly won its niche in parks, gardens, decorations of city streets, and also comfortably housed in flower pots in areas with cold winters, successfully pleasing with its flowering indoors.
Bougainvillea wonderful can grow in areas with high humidity, preferring sunny places. For successful growth, the plant requires fertile soil, the absence of stagnant water. Excess moisture contributes to the growth of the green mass of the plant. To achieve abundant flowering, it is required not to indulge the wonderful Bougainvillea with regular watering. Dry living conditions provoke the plant to bloom lush and bright.
Healing abilities
The leaves of Bougainvillea wonderful contain the substance "pinitol", which can normalize blood sugar levels, which is attractive for people with diabetes. In addition, pinitol lowers blood pressure and has beneficial effects on hair and skin.
The healing abilities of the plant do not end there. Bougainvillea wonderful has antiviral, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antitumor … properties.
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