Bougainvillea suna ne da ke nufin tsire-tsire masu hawa na wurare masu zafi tare da furanni masu ban sha'awa, yawanci ruwan hoda ko shunayya, kewaye da ƙwanƙwasa masu launi masu launi. Tsiron ya fito ne daga Kudancin Amurka kuma ana girma a matsayin shuka na ado a cikin yanayi mai dumi a duniya. Kalmar “Bougainvillea” ana kiranta da sunan wani ɗan ƙasar Faransa mai binciken Louis Antoine de Bougainville, wanda ya fara cin karo da shukar a lokacin tafiyarsa zuwa Kudancin Amirka a ƙarni na 18.