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Plumeria rubra
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Plumeria rubra L., Sp. Pl. 209. 1753; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 164. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 255. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 229. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 420. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 296. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 189. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 315. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 426. 2009.
Plumeria rubra L. forma acutifolia (Poir.) Woods. in Poir., Encycl. Suppl. 2: 667. 1812; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 641. 1882; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 284. 1990.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Alari, Ezhachampakam, Velachampakam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Calachuchi, Frangipani, Temple tree, Pagoda tree
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 10 m high. Leaves simple, alternate spiral, clustered; latex milky, estipulate; petiole 6-8 cm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 20-43 x 7-10 cm, obovate-spathulate, base cuneate, apex acuminate or acute, margin entire, glabrous, subcoriaceous; lateral nerves to 40 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae scalariform. Flowers bisexual, in terminal corymbose stout cymes; calyx cupular, 3 mm; lobes 5, subequal, round, obtuse; corolla 4-5 cm across, pink or cream with yellow centre; tube 2 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 2 mm, globose; ovules many; stigma 2-lobed, subsessile. Fruit an aggregate of 2 follicle, to 25 x 4 cm, pustulate; seeds winged.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Cultivated as ornamental plants
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America; widely naturalised elsewhere in the tropics
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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):
Pink, Yellow
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Champakkad, Taliparamba, Manjeswar, Valayar
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