Plumeria rubra

Plumeria rubra
Close-up on flowers of a white variant of Plumeria rubra in Israel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Tribe:	Plumerieae
Genus:	Plumeria
Species:	P. rubra
Binomial name
Plumeria rubra L.
Synonyms
Plumeria acuminata W.T.Aiton Plumeria acutifolia Poir. Plumeria angustifolia A.DC. Plumeria arborea Noronha Plumeria arborescens G.Don Plumeria aurantia Endl. Plumeria aurantia Lodd. ex G.Don Plumeria aurantiaca Steud. Plumeria bicolor Ruiz & Pav. Plumeria blandfordiana Lodd. ex G.Don Plumeria carinata Ruiz & Pav. Plumeria conspicua G.Don Plumeria gouanii D.Don ex G.Don. Plumeria incarnata Mill. Plumeria incarnata Ruiz & Pav. Plumeria jamesonii Hook. Plumeria kerrii G.Don Plumeria kunthiana Kostel. Plumeria lambertiana Lindl. Plumeria loranthifolia Müll.Arg. Plumeria lutea Ruiz & Pav. Plumeria macrophylla Lodd. ex G.Don Plumeria megaphylla A.DC. Plumeria mexicana Lodd. Plumeria milleri G.Don Plumeria mollis Kunth Plumeria northiana Lodd. ex G.Don Plumeria purpurea Ruiz & Pav. Plumeria tenuifolia Lodd. ex G.Don Plumeria tricolor Ruiz & Pav.

Plumeria rubra is a deciduous plant species belonging to the genus Plumeria. Originally native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela, it has been widely cultivated in subtropical and tropical climates worldwide and is a popular garden and park plant, as well as being used in temples and cemeteries. It grows as a spreading tree to 7–8 m (23–26 ft) high and wide, and is flushed with fragrant flowers of shades of pink, white and yellow over the summer and autumn. Its common names include frangipani,red paucipan,red-jasmine,red frangipani, common frangipani, temple tree, or simply plumeria.

Plumeria rubra was one of the many species first described by the father of taxonomy Carl Linnaeus, and appeared in the 1753 edition of Species Plantarum. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin ruber "red". The epithets acuminata, acutifolia, and lutea are seen, but these are invalid.

In Mexico the common name is Cacaloxochitl or Suchitl. The name comes from nahuatl and means Crow's flower. The common name in Australia is 'frangipani', although 'plumeria' is used in the United States. Other common names are 'red frangipani', 'common frangipani', 'temple tree', or simply 'plumeria'. The term melia is a Hawaiian one. The common name 'frangipani' comes from an Italian noblefamily, a sixteenth-century marquess of which invented a plumeria-scented perfume. In the Cook Islands, it is known as Tipani. It is grown extensively in southern and western parts of India, where it is named champa or a derivative thereof such as chaaphaa, champige etc. In Cambodia it is given the names châmpéi krahâ:m (also romanised as krahom, meaning 'red'), or châmpéi slük sruëch, while the French terms for the species is frangipanier à fleurs rouges

Close-up on flowers of a white variant

Close-up on flowers of a white variant

Plumeria tree in Israel

Tree in Islamabad, Pakistan

White Plumeria rubra tree

Pink Plumeria rubra ree

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