Plumeria rubra
COMMON NAME | Frangipani |
TYPE | Tree |
FAMILY | Apocynaceae |
NOTES | Small rounded
deciduous tree with thick succulent trunk and sausage-like blunt branches
covered with a thin grey bark that grows to 15-25' tall with a vase-shaped
form. It is often planted near Asian
temples, where the fragrant flowers are picked daily as religious offerings. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Mexico, Central America and Venezuela |
NATIVE HABITAT | Rather dry, often
rocky forest and mountain slopes, occasionally on plains or in brushy
savannahs |
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