Plumeria pudica Jacq.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Plumeria

Characteristics

Shrubs, to 3.5 m, the leaf scars pronounced. Leaves elongate-rhomboid, some-times almost lobed when immature, acute, attenuate basally, to 2X2 cm long and 6 cm wide, glabrous above, pubescent on the veins beneath, the principal veins weakly anastomising and forming a marginal vein; subsessile, sparsely glandular in the axils. Inflorescences cymose, the secondary peduncles usually developed, many-flowered, terminal, the primary peduncle to 7 cm long. Flowers with the pedicels 8-12 mm long; bracteoles present, deltoid, ca. 1.5-2 mm long; calyx-lobes deltoid, fleshy, ca. 1.5-2 mm long, glandular (?) tipped; corolla slightly subinfundibuliform, white, sometimes with a yellow center, the tube ca. 20-25 mm long, pubescent within, the lobes broadly ovate, ca. 30 mm long; anthers ca. 2 mm long; stigma somewhat fleshy below and slenderly bicapitate above. Follicles ca. 5-10 cm long; seeds unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Flower

Plumeria pudica flower picture by viva obra (cc-by-sa)
Plumeria pudica flower picture by Kimberley Hottiaux (cc-by-sa)
Plumeria pudica flower picture by Mendoza Marcus (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Plumeria pudica world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Colombia, Cayman Islands, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Plumeria pudica threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81268-1
WFO ID wfo-0000279178
COL ID 4KJD2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 448585
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Synonyms

Plumeria caracasana Plumeria cochleata Plumeria pudica