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Photo-Gallery of Hong Kong Ornamental Plants

This homepage consists of 50 different species (which belong to 26 families), and they are as follow:

Red-veined Abutilon
Botanical Name
Abutilon pictum

Redhot Cat-tail
Botanical Name
Acalypha hispida

Copper Leaf
Botanical Name
Acalypha wilkesiana

'Java White' Copper Leaf
Botanical Name
Acalypha wilkesiana (Java White)

Purple Allamanda
Botanical Name
Allamanda blanchetii

Allamanda
Botanical Name
Allamanda cathartica

Small Allamanda
Botanical Name
Allamanda schottii (Allamanda neriifolia)

Honolulu Vine
Botanical Name
Antigonon leptopus

Philippine Violet
Botanical Name
Barleria cristata

Brazil Bougainvillea
Botanical Name
Bougainvillea spectabilis

Brazil Raintree
Botanical Name
Brunfelsia calycina

Pink Powder Puff
Botanical Name
Calliandra haematocephala

Azalea Camellia
Botanical Name
Camellia azalea

Japanese Camellia
Botanical Name
Camellia japonica

Fukien Tea
Botanical Name
Carmona microphylla

Bleeding Heart Vine
Botanical Name
Clerodendrum thomsonae

Rangoon Creeper
Botanical Name
Combretum indiccum

Golden Dewdrop
Botanical Name
Duranta erecta (Duranta repens)

Variegated Sky Flower
Botanical Name
Duranta repens 'variegata'

Blue Eranthemum
Botanical Name
Eranthemum nervosum

Scarlet Bush
Botanical Name
Hamelia patens

Chinese Hibiscus
Botanical Name
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Coral Hibiscus
Botanical Name
Hibiscus schizopetalus

Rosa of Sharon
Botanical Name
Hibiscus syriacus

Chinese Ixora
Botanical Name
Ixora chinensis

Ixora stricta
Botanical Name
Ixora stricta

Peregrina
Botanical Name
Jatropha integerrima

Common Crape myrtle
Botanical Name
Lagerstroemia indica

Red Strap Flower
Botanical Name
Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum

Sleeping Wax Mallow
Botanical Name
Malvaviscus arboreus var. penduliflorus

Garlic Vine
Botanical Name
Mansoa alliacea

Brazilian Red Cloak
Botanical Name
Megaskepasma erythrochlamys

Orange-jessamine
Botanical Name
Murraya paniculata

Red-leaved Mussaenda
Botanical Name
Mussaenda erythrophylla

Kwai-fah
Botanical Name
Osmanthus fragrans

Lollypops
Botanical Name
Pachystachys lutea

Pentas
Botanical Name
Pentas lanceolata

Queen's Wreath
Botanical Name
Petrea volubilis

Cape Leadwort
Botanical Name
Plumbago capensis

Pomegranate
Botanical Name
Punica granatum

Hong Kong Hawthorn
Botanical Name
Raphiolepis indica

White Azalea
Botanical Name
Rhododendron mucronatum

Purple Azalea
Botanical Name
Rhododendron pulchrum var. phoeniceum

Fragrant Rondeletia
Botanical Name
Rondeletia odorata

Noble Sanchezia
Botanical Name
Sanchezia nobilis

Miniature Umbrella Plant
Botanical Name
Schefflera arboricola

Mexico Star Flower
Botanical Name
Thryallis gracilis

Bush Thunbergia
Botanical Name
Thunbergia erecta

Glory Bush
Botanical Name
Tibouchina semidecandra

Chinese Wisteria
Botanical Name
Wisteria sinensis

Photo-Gallery of Hong Kong Ornamental Plants

This homepage consists of 50 different species (which belong to 26 families ), and they are as follow:

Family Name	Botanical Name
Acanthaceae	Eranthemum nervosum Megaskepasma erythrochlamys Thunbergia erecta Pachystachys lutea Sanchezia nobilis Barleria cristata
Apocynaceae	Allamanda cathartica Allamanda blanchetii Allamanda schottii (Allamanda neriifolia)
Araliaceae	Schefflera arboricola
Bignoniaceae	Mansoa alliacea
Boraginaceae	Carmona microphylla
Combretaceae	Combretum indiccum
Ericaceae	Rhododendron pulchrum var. phoeniceum Rhododendron mucronatum
Euphorbiaceae	Acalypha wilkesiana (Java White)Acalypha wilkesiana Jatropha integerrima Acalypha hispida
Fabaceae	Wisteria sinensis
Hamamelidaceae	Loropetalum chinense f. rubrum
Lythraceae	Lagerstroemia indica
Malpighiaceae	Thryallis gracilis
Malvaceae	Hibiscus rosa-sinensis Hibiscus schizopetalus Abutilon pictum Hibiscus syriacus Malvaviscus arboreus var. penduliflorus
Melastomataceae	Tibouchina semidecandra
Mimosaceae	Calliandra haematocephala
Nyctaginaceae	Bougainvillea spectabilis
Oleaceae	Osmanthus fragrans
Plumbaginaceae	Plumbago capensis
Polygonaceae	Antigonon leptopus
Punicaceae	Punica granatum
Rosaceae	Raphiolepis indica
Rubiaceae	Ixora chinensis Rondeletia odorata Ixora stricta Pentas lanceolata Mussaenda erythrophylla Hamelia patens
Rutaceae	Murraya paniculata
Solanaceae	Brunfelsia calycina
Theaceae	Camellia azalea Camellia japonica
Verbenaceae	Clerodendrum thomsonae Duranta erecta (Duranta repens)Petrea volubilis Duranta repens 'variegata'