Tropicos | Name - Plumeria rubra L.

Plumeria rubra L.

Flora Data (Last Modified On 4/8/2013)

Species	Plumeria rubra L.
PlaceOfPublication	Sp. P1. 209. 1753 FTG. 6.
Description	Trees, to 2 5 m, the stems corky, the leaf scars pronounced, the younger parts softly pubescent. Leaves obovate to ? oblong-elliptic, acute, obtuse basally, to 40 cm long and 15 cm wide, mostly glabrous above, ? pubescent beneath especially near the midrib, the secondary veins anastomosing and forming a lateral vein, firmly membranaceous; petioles stout, sparsely pubescent, ca. 3-7 cm long. Inflorescences corymbose, mostly terminal, the peduncles to 12 cm long. Flowers with the pedicels 0.4-2 cm long, pubescent; bracts minute; calyx-lobes ovate-quadrate, weakly mucronate, pubescent, ca. 1 mm long; corolla salverform, white, flushed with pink beneath, sometimes with a yellow throat, the tube ca. 14-18 mm long, pubescent within, the lobes broadly obovate, 30-45 mm long and 15-25 mm wide; anthers ca. 2 mm long. Follicles compressed, 20-30 cm long and 2-3 cm wide; seed proper 2.8-3 cm long, the wing 3-4 cm long.
Habit	Trees
Distribution	Southern Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and widely cultivated in the tropics of both hemispheres.
Specimen	BOCAS DEL TORO: Water Valley, von Wedel 645 (MO). CANAL ZONE: Between Farfan Beach and Vera Cruz, Duke 11729 (MO). PANAMA: Taboga Island, Allen 133 (MO), Maxon 6914 (F). SAN BLAS: Mainland opposite Ailigandi, from mouth of Rio Ailigandi, to 2.5 mi. inland, Lewis et al. 164 (MO). Mulatuppu, Duke 8549 (MO).