Frangipani

Plumeria (common name Frangipani) is a small genus of 7-8 species that grow in tropical and subtropical Americas. The genus consists of mainly deciduous shrubs and trees. P. rubra (Common Frangipani, Red Frangipani), that grows in Mexico, Central America, and Venezuela, produces flowers ranging from white, yellow to pink. From Mexico and Central America, Plumeria has spread to all tropical areas of the world, especially Hawaii, where it grows so abundantly that many people think that it is native there.

Plumeria
Plumeria alba (White Frangipani)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Plumeria Tourn. ex L.

Plant

Plumeria is related to the Oleander, Nerium Oleander, and both possess poisonous, milky sap, rather similar to that of Euphorbia.

Plumeria obtusa Gallery

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Other websites

• Frangipani, Plumeria, Lonely Hearts Posts and New Books to Read! Archived 2007-03-10 at the Wayback Machine - Informative but non-scholarly essay on Plumeria.
• Portuguese Flora Brasiliensis: Plumeria
• (in French) Dok Champa Muang Lao: Plumeria Flowers, fleurs des frangipaniers, fleurs du Laos. Présentation de toutes les méthodes de multiplications : par bouture, semis, greffe ou encore marcottage. Archived 2007-01-24 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Dutch) plumeria's in nederland kweken Archived 2021-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Bali Plumeria Archived 2020-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Photos of White Frangipani (Plumeria Alba) Archived 2008-03-12 at the Wayback Machine