Plumeria alba
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Plumeria |
| Species: | P. alba |
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| Plumeria alba L.[1] |
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Plumeria alba is a species of the genus Plumeria (Apocynaceae). This large evergreen shrub has narrow elongated leaves, large and strongly perfumed white flowers with a yellow center. Native from Central America and the Caribbean, it is now common and naturalized in southern and southeastern Asia.
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[edit] Common names
- Caterpillar tree
- Pagoda tree
- Pigeon wood
- Nosegay tree
- White frangipani
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Foliage with caterpillars
[edit] References
- ^ International Organization for Plant Information (IOPI). "Plant Name Search Results" (HTML). International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=81171-1. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
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Wikispecies has information related to: Plumeria alba |
- National Tropical Botanical Garden Plant Database
- The Plants of Saint Lucia: Wild Flowering Plants
- Plumeria alba (White Frangipani), University of Florida
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