Plumeria alba L.

Nosegaytree (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Plumeria

Characteristics

A shrub 2-8 m tall. It has milky latex. The leaves are heavy with deep veins. They roll inwards. The flowers are large and white. They are fragrant.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It is native to the West Indies. It grows in coastal thickets and woodlands. It grows well in seaside locations and in drought tolerant.
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Coastal thickets and limestone forests at low elevations and ascending to lower montne areas.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Flowers are cooked and eaten in fritters.
Uses environmental use material medicinal poison wood
Edible flowers fruits
Therapeutic use Herpes simplex (bark), Scabies (bark), Herpes simplex (plant exudate), Scabies (plant exudate), Ulcer (plant exudate), Anti-infective agents (root), Anti-inflammatory agents (root), Antipruritics (root), Antirheumatic agents (root), Carbuncle (root), Cathartics (root), Fever (root), Filariasis (root), Furunculosis (root), Gonorrhea (root), Hemostasis (root), Herpes simplex (root), Leprosy (root), Malaria (root), Neoplasms (root), General tonic for rejuvenation (root), Scabies (root), Syphilis (root), Ulcer (root), Hemostasis (seed), Abscess (unspecified), Bactericide (unspecified), Cathartic (unspecified), Caustic (unspecified), Dropsy (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Gingivitis (unspecified), Herpes (unspecified), Itch (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Scabies (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Fungicide (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Rubefacient (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Plumeria alba leaf picture by Frédéric Dupont (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Plumeria alba flower picture by Guy Titren (cc-by-sa)
Plumeria alba flower picture by christiane Fazer (cc-by-sa)
Plumeria alba flower picture by kelon lynch (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Plumeria alba world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Barbados, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Equatorial Guinea, Grenada, India, Jamaica, Cambodia, Saint Lucia, Madagascar, Maldives, Myanmar, Mozambique, Martinique, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Viet Nam, and South Africa

Conservation status

Plumeria alba threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81171-1
WFO ID wfo-0000279064
COL ID 6W3PJ
BDTFX ID 120585
INPN ID 630456
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Plumeria alba Plumeria revolutifolia Plumeria alba var. jacquiniana Plumeria hypoleuca var. angustifolia