Plumeria
Sign in to savePlumeria (), commonly known as frangipani, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Most species are deciduous shrubs or small trees. They are native to the Neotropical realm (in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, and as far south as Brazil and as far north as Florida in the United States), but are often grown as ornamentals in tropical regions, especially in Hawaii, as well as hot desert climates in the Arabian Peninsula with irrigation.
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Plumeria, commonly known as frangipani, is a genus of flowering plants that typically grow as deciduous shrubs or small trees and are native to tropical regions of the Americas. These plants are widely cultivated as ornamentals in tropical areas like Hawaii and in hot desert climates, making them popular garden specimens around the world.
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GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderGentianales
- FamilyApocynaceae
Native toBahamas, Belize, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras
Common Name: frangipanni
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Named after
- Charles Plumier
- Image
- Frangipanier.jpg
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Description
- Leaves
- Flowers
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Common names
- Species
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Plumeria (), commonly known as frangipani, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Most species are deciduous shrubs or small trees. They are native to the Neotropical realm (in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, and as far south as Brazil and as far north as Florida in the United States), but are often grown as ornamentals in tropical regions, especially in Hawaii, as well as hot desert climates in the Arabian Peninsula with irrigation.
== Description == thumb|Frangipani trunk in Kolkata, [[West Bengal, India]]