Plumeria rubra (Poir.) Woodson

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Plumeria rubra f. typica Woodson; Plumeria acuminata W.T.Aiton; Plumeria acutifolia Poir.; Plumeria acutifolia var. gasparrinii A.DC.; Plumeria angustifolia A.DC.; Plumeria arborea Noronha; Plumeria arborescens G.Don; Plumeria aurantia Bosse; Plumeria aurantiaca Steud.; Plumeria bicolor Ruiz & Pav.; Plumeria blandfordiana Lodd. ex G.Don; Plumeria carinata Ruiz & Pav.; Plumeria conspicua G.Don; Plumeria gouanii D.Don ex G.Don; Plumeria incarnata Mill.; Plumeria incarnata var. milleri (G.Don) A.DC.; Plumeria jamesonii Hook.; Plumeria kerrii G.Don; Plumeria kunthiana Kostel.; Plumeria lambertiana Lindl.; Plumeria loranthifolia Müll.Arg.; Plumeria lutea Ruiz & Pav.; Plumeria macrophylla Lodd. ex G.Don; Plumeria mariaelenae J.F.Gut. & J.Linares; Plumeria megaphylla A.DC.; Plumeria mexicana G.Lodd.; Plumeria milleri G.Don; Plumeria mollis Kunth; Plumeria northiana Lodd. ex G.Don; Plumeria purpurea Ruiz & Pav.; Plumeria rubra f. acuminata (W.T.Aiton) Woodson; Plumeria rubra var. acuminata (W.T.Aiton) R.S.Rao & Balamani; Plumeria rubra f. acutifolia (Poir.) Woodson; Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia (Poir.) L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey; Plumeria rubra f. lutea (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson; Plumeria rubra f. tricolor (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson; Plumeria tenuifolia Lodd. ex G.Don; Plumeria tricolor Ruiz & Pav.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Plumeria rubra L.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Small trees; Leaves alternate or scattered, obovate or oblong, obtuse or shortly acuminate, glabrous beneath; Inflorescence terminal cyme; Flowers large, white with yellow centre, fragrant; Follicles linear-oblong or ellipsoid; Seeds oblong or lanceolate, winged.
  • Flower, Fruit : April- October
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Venezuela
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 157-158
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Plumeria rubra f. acutifolia. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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