Plumeria alba
{{Short description|Species of tree}}
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|genus = Plumeria
|species = alba
|authority = L.{{IPNI|id=81171-1|accessdate=24 April 2009}}
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|synonyms =
- Plumeria revolutifolia Stokes
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|title=The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species
|accessdate=June 26, 2014}}
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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 ({{Langx|bn|কাঠ গোলাপ}})
- Champa ({{Langx|bn|চাঁপা}})
- Frangipanier à fleurs blanches (French){{cite book|last=Dy Phon|first=Pauline|author-link=Pauline Dy Phon|year=2000|title=Plants used in Cambodia|publisher=Chez l'auteur, printed by Imprimirie Olympic|location=Phnom Penh|oclc=47148447}}
- Lee La Wa Dee ({{Langx|th|ลีลาวดี}})
- Châmpéi sâ (Khmer)
- Hoa chăm pa (Vietnamese)
- Kamboja (Indonesian)
- Kalatsútsing putî (Tagalog){{cite web| url=https://www.tagalog.com/dictionary/white-plumeria|title=White Plumeria in Tagalog}}
- Dok Champa ({{Langx|lo|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. 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
Plumeria alba2709449426.jpg|{{center|Flowers}}
Plumeria alba Blanco1.39.jpg|{{center|Illustration}}
Plumeria alba2067693830.jpg|{{center|Foliage with Pseudosphinx caterpillars}}
Plumeria alba flower, Bangalore.jpg|Plumeria alba flower, Bangalore, India
References
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External links
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{{Wikispecies}}
- [https://archive.today/20130415120547/http://ntbg.org/plants/plant_details.php?plantid=11936 National Tropical Botanical Garden Plant Database]
- [http://saintlucianplants.com/floweringplants/apocynaceae/plumalba/plumalba.html The Plants of Saint Lucia: Wild Flowering Plants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211114150/http://saintlucianplants.com/floweringplants/apocynaceae/plumalba/plumalba.html |date=2020-02-11 }}
- [http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/Hort/GardenPubsAZ/PlumeriaAlbaWhiteFrangipani.pdf Plumeria alba (White Frangipani), University of Florida]
{{National Symbols of Nicaragua}}
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Category:Flora of the Caribbean
Category:National symbols of Laos
Category:National symbols of Nicaragua
Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Category:Trees of Îles des Saintes
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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