Plumeria rubra L.

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Plumeria rubra

Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle Hotel

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Bart Wursten
5, Monmouth Rd, Emerald Hill, Harare

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gardiner Farm, Arcturus

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Mark Hyde
By road near Mazvikadei Dam

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Mark Hyde
By road near Mazvikadei Dam

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Mark Hyde
By road near Mazvikadei Dam

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Mark Hyde
By road near Mazvikadei Dam

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Mark Hyde
By road near Mazvikadei Dam

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Mark Hyde
By road near Mazvikadei Dam

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Mark Hyde
By road near Mazvikadei Dam

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle Botanic Garden, Penhalonga

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle Botanic Garden, Penhalonga

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Petra Ballings
La Rochelle Botanic Garden, Penhalonga

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle Botanic Garden, Penhalonga

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Bart Wursten
La Rochelle Botanic Garden, Penhalonga

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Petra Ballings
La Rochelle Botanic Garden, Penhalonga

Plumeria rubra

Photo: Petra Ballings
La Rochelle Botanic Garden, Penhalonga

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Synonyms:
Common names: Frangipani (English) Red frangipani (English)
Frequency:
Status: Cultivated and rarely naturalised
Description:
Deciduous spreading shrub or small tree 2–8 m high with thick succulent trunk and sausage-like blunt branches covered with a thin grey bark. White latex present. Leaves alternate and clustered can at the end of the branches, elliptic up to 30-50 cm. Flowers in terminal heads, strongly fragrant in morning and evening, pink to white with shades of yellow in the centre, 5–7.5 cm wide. Fruit pod-like, cylindric, 17.5 cm with 20-60 winged seeds. Fruit rarely found in cultivation.
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Habitat: Rarely naturalized in rocky woodland.
Altitude range: (metres)
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Worldwide distribution: Mexico to Panama
Zimbabwe distribution: C
Growth form(s): Tree.
Endemic status:
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Flora of Malawi: cultivated Plumeria rubra
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Plumeria rubra
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Plumeria rubra
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Plumeria rubra

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Plumeria rubra
African Plant Database: Plumeria rubra
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Plumeria rubra
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Plumeria rubra
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Plumeria rubra
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iNaturalist: Plumeria rubra
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Plumeria rubra
JSTOR Plant Science: Plumeria rubra
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Plumeria rubra
Plants of the World Online: Plumeria rubra
Tropicos: Plumeria rubra
Wikipedia: Plumeria rubra


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Plumeria rubra.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=168220, retrieved 28 March 2024

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