Nyctaginaceae
Chuukese Name: Ira Tong
Pohnpeian Name: Silik
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Location: North side of College of Micronesia -FSM near Palikir Elementary School.
Habitat: It thrives in terrestrial area and its a bush. It is usually located by the roadside, used in landscaping.
Leaf:The leaf is ovate-rounded shape and branches out alternately. The leaf margin is entire. At the end of the branch there is a cluster of colored modified leaves that people think is the flower of the plant.
Flower:The flowers of the plant are small and tubular and the color is white. The flowers are attached to each colored modified leaf.
This web page originated with student work in SC 250 Botany at the College of Micronesia-FSM in 1999. The student chose to use only their initials, MM. At that time students had the option of meeting the instructor to obtain digital photographs or to scan the plant on a flat bed scanner. MM chose to scan bougainvillea. The following are his original images.
