Biology:Plumeria alba

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Short description: Species of tree

Plumeria alba
Plumeria alba2709449426.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Plumeria
Species:
P. alba
Binomial name
Plumeria alba
Synonyms[3]
  • Plumeria revolutifolia Stokes

Plumeria alba is a species of flowering plant in the genus Plumeria native to Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. It has been planted in tropical regions worldwide.

Common names

  • Caterpillar tree
  • Cagoda tree
  • Pigeon wood
  • Nosegay tree
  • White frangipani
  • Kath golap (Bengali: কাঠ গোলাপ)
  • Champa (Bengali: চাঁপা)
  • Frangipanier à fleurs blanches (French)[4]
  • Lee La Wa Dee (Thai: ลีลาวดี)
  • Châmpéi sâ (Khmer)[4]
  • Hoa chăm pa (Vietnamese)
  • Kamboja (Indonesian)
  • Dok Champa (Lao: ດອກຈໍາປາ)
  • Chafa (Marathi)
  • Sudu araliya (Sinhala)
  • Champo (Gujarati)
  • الياسمين الهندي

Uses

P. alba is often cultivated as an ornamental plant. In Cambodia pagodas especially choose this shrub, with the flowers used in ritual offerings to the deities, they are sometimes used to make necklaces which decorate coffins.[4] In addition, the flowers are edible and eaten as fritters, while the heart of the wood is part of a traditional medical preparation taken as a vermifuge or as a laxative.

Gallery

  • Flowers
  • Illustration
  • Foliage with Pseudosphinx caterpillars

  • Plumeria alba flower, Bangalore, India

References

  1. ↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2022). "Plumeria alba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T208165050A208357728. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T208165050A208357728.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/208165050/208357728. Retrieved 20 March 2023. 
  2. ↑ "Plant name details". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/81171-1. 
  3. ↑ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-161520. Retrieved June 26, 2014. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dy Phon, Pauline (2000). Plants used in Cambodia. Phnom Penh: Chez l'auteur, printed by Imprimirie Olympic. OCLC 47148447. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1632187 entry




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