Plumeria obtusa

Plumeria obtusa
Leaves in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Plumeria
Species:	P. obtusa
Binomial name
Plumeria obtusa L.
Synonyms
List Plumeria apiculata Urb. Plumeria bahamensis Urb. Plumeria barahonensis Urb. Plumeria beatensis Urb. Plumeria bicolor Seem. Plumeria casildensis Urb. Plumeria cayensis Urb. Plumeria clusioides Griseb. Plumeria confusa Britton Plumeria cubensis Urb. Plumeria cuneifolia Helwig Plumeria dictyophylla Urb. Plumeria domingensis Urb. Plumeria ekmanii Urb. Plumeria emarginata Griseb. Plumeria estrellensis Urb. Plumeria gibbosa Urb. Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp. Plumeria inaguensis Britton Plumeria jamaicensis Britton nom. illeg. Plumeria krugii Urb. Plumeria lanata Britton Plumeria leuconeura Urb. Plumeria marchii Urb. Plumeria montana Britton & P.Wilson Plumeria multiflora Standl. Plumeria nipensis Britton Plumeria nivea Mill. Plumeria ostenfeldii Urb. Plumeria parvifolia Donn Plumeria pilosula Urb. Plumeria portoricensis Urb. Plumeria sericifolia C.Wright ex Griseb. Plumeria tenorei Gazparr. Plumeria trinitensis Britton Plumeria tuberculata Lodd. Plumeria venosa Britton Plumeria versicolor Dehnh.

Plumeria obtusa, the Singapore graveyard flower, is a species of the genus Plumeria (Apocynaceae). It is native to the West Indies including Bahamas; southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Florida. but widely cultivated for its ornamental and fragrant flowers around the world, where suitably warm climate exists. It is reportedly naturalized in China.

The large shrub grows from 5-10m tall (c.12–25 ft)

Plumeria obtusa is native to the Greater Antilles, Florida, northern Central America and southern Mexico. Cultivation is common in warmer parts of the world, including Southeast Asia.

This plant is commonly used as an ornamental, grown for its flowers. In Cambodia the flowers are used to make necklaces and in offerings to the deities. In traditional medicine used in that country, a decoction of the bark is given in varying doses as a purgative or as a remedy against oedemas.

Fruit and flower in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Flower in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Bark in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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