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Plumeria rubra L.
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- Common Name: Nosegay, Frangipani
- Family: Apocynaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Mexico to Panama
- Habitat: Southern Pacific Dry Forests
- Description: Tree, to 25 feet; leaves broadly elliptic to obovate or oblong-lanceolate, to 20 inches long, obtuse to acuminate, with prominent marginal connecting vein, glabrous to densely pubescent beneath, petioles to 4.5 inches long; inflorescence rather open; corolla salverform, to 4.5 inches across, white with yellow center to various shades of rose and yellow, tube to 1 inch olng; follicles to 1 foot long.
In mature trees, the large apex and leaves typical of the seedlings get smaller with each branching of the axis, a phenomenon called apoxogenesis. Native from Mexico to Panama but widely cultivated in warm areas and in greenhouses.
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 198500454
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1313 - NEO:Tumbes/Choco A
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 11-10-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Apocynaceae
- SubFamily: Rauvolfioideae
- Tribe: Plumerieae
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References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976 The Plant Book, DJ Mabberly, 1987
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