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Plumeria obtusa
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Plumeria obtusa L., Sp. Pl. 210. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Simaiyalari, Vellachampakam, Velutharali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
White champa, Dwarf Plumeria, White Frangipani
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 10 m high, branchlets terete, 2-25 cm thick, with prominent leafscars. Leaves simple, alternate spiral, clustered; latex milky, estipulate; lamina 20-50 x 8-12 cm, obovate-spathulate, oblong, oblanceolate; base cuneate, apex obtuse or acute, margin entire, glabrous, subcoriaceous; lateral nerves to 25-45 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae scalariform; petiole 3-8 cm long, stout, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, white, in terminal corymbose stout cymes; calyx cupular, 5 mm; lobes 5, subequal, round, obtuse; corolla 6 cm across; tube 4 cm, expanded from above the middle; lobes 5, obovate, overlapping to the left, obtuse; stamens 5, attached at the base of the tube, included; ovary half inferior, globose, ovules many; stigma 2-lobed, subsessile. Fruit an aggregate of 2 follicle, pustulate; seeds winged.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental tree
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Distribution:
Central America, from Mexico to Panama
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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