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Is there any medicinal use of leaves or flowers? I understand that taking few leaves in morning helps in blood pressure and blood sugar management

Contents 1 Spelling 2 Colloquial meaning? 3 4 bougainvilla thorns 5 Treatment of bougainvillea in winter. 6 Pic 6.1 Loosing foliage. 6.2 Bougainvillea "tree" has fungus!! 6.3 How does they reproduct?? vegetative reproduction?? which type of vegetative reproduction?? 6.4 No Blooms

[edit] Spelling

People should spell this word correctly on this page as well as on the main article. I found numerous spelling errors of this word. There are errors on this page. The proper spelling is Bougainvillea. Most mistakes were where the villEa part is. I have made all corrections on the main article.Just pointing it out. The classicalman 24.83.9.218 01:06, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Colloquial meaning?

Isn't there also a slang meaning to the term bougainvilla?

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Will bougainvillea grow in New Mexico?

[edit] bougainvilla thorns

Are there any poision propeties in a bougainvilla thorn? I stepped on one recently and my foot sems to be infected.

A scratch or light puncture will normally bleed - which removes the irritant; so let it bleed. But stepping on a thorn jams it deeper; it might not bleed so treat it as an infection (topical antibiotic) FOR A DAY OR TWO. Then consult Doctor if it is still painful. --68.56.179.145 15:21, 6 July 2006 (UTC)R.Weigler in Florida

[edit] Treatment of bougainvillea in winter.

I have some bougainvillea bushes around my house in Southern Louisiana. The leaves grow black and fall off when we get cold snaps. Should I prune them or cover them to protect them in winter? They are fairly large shrubs, about 2meters wide and 1.5 meters tall (on average). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.228.9.3 (talk) 19:49, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

[edit] Pic

the main pic on this page is rubbish. I'm going to change it. Superruss 15:10, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Loosing foliage.

I live in Tampa, Florida. My Bouganvillea is about 7' tall and bloomed real good this year but then began to loose it's leaves as the flowers fell off it looks like it is dieing. I don't over water it in fact I don't it has been on it's own for several years and this is the best year that it bloomed but now it looks bad. I also have a jasmin vine next to it that don't look so healthy either. What do you think could be the problem? Help. Mom wants to cut it down if I can't find the problem. Still the jasmin is blooming good this year. Confused. E-mail beeacub@yahoo.com Thank You.

Answers

I live in Logan City, Queensland ( Just between Brisbane and the Gold Coast) on the Eastern Australian Coast. We are experiencing the worse drought ever and our bougainvilleas are doing their best (despite the conditions.) The thing I like about bougainvillea is that all you have to do is make sure you cut then back after flowering. (They colour up better when its dry) The thing I like about them is hat they are pretty easy to strike from cuttings if you place a something over them (like half a 2 litre sift drink bottle to make a mini terriuam) and you make sure there is plently of cambium exposed with either honey or rooting hormone power/gel covering the end of the branch that you hope to get the roots stricking from. I have seen an old bloke on the television who gets them growing from thick old hardwood cuttings by just sticking them in sharp sand without putting anything on the stalk and leaving them for 6 months plus. He's a bougainvillea genius but I still think making a green house is the best way to get them striking quickly.

Our large bougainvilleas have lost a lot of leaves this year but we didn't cut them back. I think its best to cut them back vigourously when the bracks (the coloured leaves) have fallen off. This promates new growth The bracks seem to develop on the new growth. Cutting back also makes them thicken up. If you dont trim/hedge them they become unwildily and throw out branches into the air like mad things. (Apparently they also like the same fertislisers that Hibcisus go for). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.186.47.33 (talk) 10:54, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bougainvillea "tree" has fungus!!

Hi, I need help, we're renting a place in Sharjah, the U.A.E. It has three magnificent old bougainvillea trees, one is dead and there's a fungus growing from it's base. It looks like isolation foam! What is it? and how do I get rid of it. As i assume it will move on to the next tree pretty soon!!

[edit] How does they reproduct?? vegetative reproduction?? which type of vegetative reproduction??

I NEED HELP FOR THIS!!!!! ITS FOR MY FORM 3 4TH CHAPTER!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.53.250.179 (talk) 10:44, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No Blooms

I planted a bougainvillea about one month ago. The blooms were beautiful. We had terrible wind for about four days. All blooms were blown off. I have good new growth, but not a sign of any more blooms. It's been this way for about two weeks. It receives plenty of sun, and I keep it moist--never soggy. Also, I have fertilized. Will the blooms eventually come back?68.158.164.133 (talk) 03:33, 31 May 2008 (UTC)