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Penang Botanic Gardens Plant Collection

Plumeria alba L. (APOCYNACEAE)

Posted at — Nov 13, 2019
White Frangipani

Description

Shrub to small tree, 2-8 m tall, deciduous. Cut stem exude white sap. Leaves strap-like, clustered at the end of branches. Flowers fragrant, white with a yellow eye.


Distribution

Puerto Rico, Lesser Antille.

Uses

Cultivated as an ornamental for its large white fragrant flowers.