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A mass of mauve Bougainvillea bracts among green leaves, with the name in Hindi and English, on a ₹1 stamp.
Bougainvillea “H. B. Singh”
India Post issued two stamps on 5 June 1985, 50 paise and ₹1, on the Bougainvillea, a South American plant named after the French navigator Louis Antoine de Bougainville and first brought to India in 1860. H. B. Singh is a variety with attractive mauve bracts and blooms for most of the year. The Indian Agricultural Research Institute at New Delhi is the international registration authority for Bougainvillea, and had listed more than 300 cultivars.
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