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White frangipani (Plumeria obtusa)

Dlium White frangipani (Plumeria obtusa)

White frangipani (Plumeria obtusa) is a species of plant in the Apocynaceae, a small tree, growing up to 4.6 meters in height, cylindrical trunk, thin bark, branched and thick white gummy.

P. obtusa has ovate or teardrop-shaped or elongated oval leaves, up to 35 cm long, dark green and glossy on top, pale underside. The flowers are disc-shaped, white, yellow-throated and each has five petals. The flowers are fragrant and bloom in clusters.



TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Rauvolfioideae
Tribe: Plumerieae
Subtribe: Plumeriinae
Genus: Plumeria Tourn. ex L. in Sp. Pl.: 209 (1753)
Species: Plumeria obtusa L. in Sp. Pl.: 210 (1753)

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Plumeria obtusa var. typica Woodson in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 212 (1938)

HETEROTYPIC SYNONYMS

Plumeria apiculata Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 36 (1919)
Plumeria bahamensis Urb. in Symb. Antill. 1: 387 (1899)
Plumeria barahonensis Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 341 (1916)
Plumeria beatensis Urb. in Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(7): 9 (1924)
Plumeria bicolor Seem. in Bot. Voy. Herald: 168 (1854)
Plumeria casildensis Urb. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 218 (1925)
Plumeria cayensis Urb. (1925)
Plumeria confusa Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 505 (1915)
Plumeria cuneifolia Helwig in Ark. Bot. 22A(10): 44 (1929)
Plumeria emarginata var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) M.Gómez in Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 273 (1894)
Plumeria estrellensis Urb. in Symb. Antill. 9: 240 (1924)
Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp. in Ann. Civili Regno Due Sicilie 1: 122 (1833)
Plumeria inaguensis Britton in Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 448 (1905)
Plumeria jamaicensis Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 356 (1910)
Plumeria marchii Urb. in Symb. Antill. 3: 334 (1902)
Plumeria multiflora Standl. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 33 (1930)
Plumeria nipensis Britton (1915)
Plumeria nivea Mill. in Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768)
Plumeria obtusa var. laevis Griseb. in Pl. Wright. 2: 519 (1862)
Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson (1938)
Plumeria ostenfeldii Urb. (1924)
Plumeria parvifolia Donn in Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 6: 64 (1811)
Plumeria portoricensis Urb. (1899)
Plumeria sericifolia C.Wright ex Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 171 (1866)
Plumeria tenorei Gazparr. in Ann. Civili Regno Due Sicilie 1: 123 (1833)
Plumeria tuberculata subsp. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Borhidi in Bot. Közlem. 62: 26 (1975)
Plumeria versicolor Dehnh. in Cat. Pl. Horti Camald., ed. 2: 23 (1832)

PUBLICATIONS

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Cirilo, N. & Proctor, G.R. (1994). Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41-42: 73-80.

Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (2009). Flora Mesoamericana 4(1): 1-855. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 14: 1-505. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Morales, J.F. (2009). Estudios en las Apocynaceae neotropicales XXXIX: revisión de las Apocynoideae y Rauvolfioideae de Honduras. Anales del Jardin Botanico de Madrid 66: 217-262.

Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

VERNACULAR NAME

Australia: Dead man’s fingers
Bali: Jepun
Bengali: কাঠগোলাপ Kathgolop
Chinese (simplified): 鸡蛋花 - 钝叶鸡蛋花
Chinese (traditional): 緬梔花 - 鈍葉雞蛋花 - 雞蛋花 - 緬梔 - 鈍葉雞蛋花
English: White Frangipani, Rounded frangipani, Great white frangipani, Singapore graveyard flower, Singapore graveland flower, Singapore white plumeria, Singapore white frangipani, Great white frangipani
Finnish: Bahamantemppelipuu
French: Frangipanier
German: Duftende Frangipani
Hindi: गोलाचिन - गुलचिन - गोलेन्ची - चम्पा Golachin, Gulchin, Golachin, Golenchi, Champa
Hong Kong: 緬梔花 - 鈍葉雞蛋花
Indonesia: Kamboja putih, Kamboja cempaka, Kembang kamboja putih
Italian: Frangipane, Pomelia
Japanese: マルバプルメリア
Java: Semboja Putih, Kemboja Putih
Kannada: Deva kanagile, Bettada kanagile, Kaadu sampige
Konkani: चंपे हें नांव
Lao: ຈຳປາ - ດອກຈຳປາ
Lithuanian: Jamaikinis jostras
Macao: 緬梔花 - 鈍葉雞蛋花
Malaysia: Kemboja kuning
Manipuri: Khagi-leihao
Marathi: चाफा
Palauan: Chelilairangebard
Philippines: Kalachuchi
Portuguese: Jasmim-de-caiena, jasmin-do-pará, jasmin-manga
Russian: Плюмерия тупая
Sinhala: අරලිය - පන්සල් මල්
Spanish: Frangipani blanco, Alhelí cimarrón, Suche
Taiwan: 緬梔花 - 鈍葉雞蛋花
Tamil: நெலா சம்பங்கி
Thai: ลิลาวาดี

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