White Flowers Of Bougainvillea Vine, Beautifully Natural Editorial Image

NThey are shrubby vines that measure from 1 to 12 m in height, and that grow in any terrain. They become entangled in other plants using their sharp spines that have their tips covered with a black waxy substance. They are evergreen plants in rainy areas throughout the year, or deciduous in the dry season. The leaves are alternate, simple and oval-acuminate in shape, 4-12 cm long and 2-6 wide. The flowers, hermaphrodites, are axillary, conspicuous, tubular, with 5-6 short lobes, usually white, organized in groups of 3, each inserted in a persistent bract of papyraceous appearance and usually vividly colored white, yellow, pink, magenta , purple, red, orange ... The number of stamens varies from 5 to 10; with short filaments and soldiers at the base. The ovary is fusiform, glabrous or pubescent, with a short lateral style. The fruit is an achene narrow pentámero, fusiforme or cylindrical