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Plumeria alba is the national flower of Laos, where it is known under the local name champa or dok champa. In Bengali culture, most white flowers, and in particular, plumeria (Bengali, chômpa or chãpa), are associated with funerals and death. Indian incenses scented with Plumeria rubra have "champa" in their names.
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 .
Plumeria rubra is a deciduous plant species belonging to the genus Plumeria. [4] Originally native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela, it has been widely cultivated in subtropical and tropical climates worldwide and is a popular garden and park plant, as well as being used in temples and cemeteries.
The sole included species is Hymenosporum flavum, commonly known as native frangipani, found in the rainforests and wet sclerophyll forests of New Guinea, Queensland and New South Wales. Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the frangipani , but is related to the widespread genus Pittosporum .
Plumeria obtusa, the Singapore graveyard flower, [3] is a species of the genus Plumeria (Apocynaceae). It is native to the Neotropics , but widely cultivated for its ornamental and fragrant flowers around the world, where suitably warm climate exists.
Plumeria: frangipani trees; Plumeria alba: white frangipani Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Plumeria inodora: odorless frangipani Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Plumeria obtusa: Singapore frangipani Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Plumeria rubra: red frangipani; temple tree Apocynaceae (dogbane family) Aquifoliaceae: holly family; Ilex: holly trees ...
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This profuse bloomer has leaves in the shape of a cobra's hood, and its flowers are white with a yellow center. There is a variegated leaved Plumeria pudica commonly called Golden Arrow or Gilded Spoon , as well as a pink flowering hybrid produced in Thailand called Sri Supakorn or Pink pudica .