What type of plant is Bougainvillea? Is it a climber, or tree, or shrub?


The bougainvillea (bougainvilleas) is an evergreen vine. Sometimes it is referred to as "paper flower" because the bracts are thin and papery.

Vines are those types of plants that can be either climbers or creepers because it’s long slender woody stem can trails or creeps on the ground and can also climb by twisting itself to the provided support.

Vines colonize large areas quickly, even without climbing high.

From the above explanation, we can understand that bougainvillea possesses all the characteristics of vines because it can creep, climb, and also colonize large areas very quickly.

But, in general terms, we can say that it’s a climber because commonly it is seen to be climbing over something in our surroundings.

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Updated on: 26-Apr-2023

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