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Identification
Plumeria rubra L. [family APOCYNACEAE ]
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Entry for PLUMERIA rubra L. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Gilbert (Ceropegia), D. Goyder (Calotropis, Conomitra, Glossonema, Gomphocarpus, Leptadenia, Marsdenia, Odontanthera, Oxystelma, Pentatropis, Pergularia, Secamone, Stigmatorhynchus, Tylophora), J. Lavranos (Ballyanthus, Caralluma, Desmidorchis, Duvalia, Echidnopsis, Edithcolea, Huernia, Orbea, Pseudolithos, Pseudopectinaria, Rhytidocaulon, Sanguilluma, Whitesloanea), S. Liede-Schumann (Blyttia, Calciphila, Cynanchum, Goydera, Pentarrhinum, Pleurostelma, Schizostephanus), M. Thulin (Acokanthera, Adenium, Ancylobotrys, Carissa, Catharanthus, Cryptostegia, Ephippiocarpa, Hunteria, Landolphia, Nerium, Plumeria, Saba, Strophanthus, Tabernaemontana, Thevetia, Wrightia), and J. Venter (Buckollia, Cryptolepis, Periploca, Raphionacme, Schlechterella, Tacazzea). [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
PLUMERIA rubra L. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1753). Fig. 82.
PLUMERIA acutifolia Poir. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1811);
PLUMERIA rubra (Poir.) L.H. Bailey var. acutifolia [family APOCYNACEAE], (1949). [type as above]
Information
Frangipani, pagoda tree (Eng.), frangapane (Ita.). Shrub or small tree; young branches pubescent. Leaf-blades lanceolate-elliptic to obovate, 12–40 x 3–15 cm, acute at the apex, with flat margins, glabrous beneath; petiole 2.5–6 cm long. Calyx-lobes c. 1 mm long. Corolla white to red, often with yellow throat; tube 13–18 mm long; lobes 25–40 mm long, obovate. Follicles 20–30 x 2–3 cm. Seeds 2.5–3 cm long with a basal wing.
Range
Cultivated as an ornamental at least in southern Somalia native of central America, but now widely cultivated in different colour forms.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gorini 172, 254.

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