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Plumeria<\/i> obtusa<\/i> L.<\/span>, <\/span>Sp. Pl. 210 1753<\/i>. (Syn: <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> clusioides<\/i> var. parviflora<\/i> (Griseb.) M. G\u00f3mez<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> emarginata<\/i> var. sericifolia<\/i> (C. Wright ex Griseb.) M. G\u00f3mez<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> obtusa<\/i> var. laevis<\/i> Griseb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> obtusa<\/i> var. parviflora<\/i> Griseb.<\/span><\/a>;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> apiculata<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> bahamensis<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> barahonensis<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> beatensis<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> bicolor<\/i> Seem.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> cayensis<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> clusioides<\/i> Griseb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> confusa<\/i> Britton<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> cubensis<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> cuneifolia<\/i> Helwig<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> dictyophylla<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> ekmanii<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> emarginata<\/i> Griseb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> estrellensis<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> inaguensis<\/i> Britton<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> jamaicensis<\/i> Britton<\/span><\/a> [Illegitimate]; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> krugii<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> marchii<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> montana<\/i> Britton & P.Wilson<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> nipensis<\/i> Britton<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> nivea<\/i> Mill.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> ostenfeldii<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> parvifolia<\/i> Donn<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> portoricensis<\/i> Urb.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> tenorei<\/i> Gazparr.<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> venosa<\/i> Britton<\/span><\/a>; <\/span>Plumeria<\/i> versicolor<\/i> Dehnh.<\/span><\/a>);
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\n<\/span>Aztec<\/b>: cacalloxochitl (meaning – crow flower) \u2022 <\/span>Bengali<\/b>: kathgolop \u2022 <\/span>Canary Islands<\/b>: flor de cebo (meaning – bait flower) \u2022 <\/span>Chinese<\/b>: kang nai xin, hong ji dan hua \u2022 <\/span>Chuukese<\/b>: seur \u2022 <\/span>El Salvador<\/b>: flor de mayo \u2022 <\/span>English<\/b>: dead man’s fingers (Australia), flower of the cross, frangipani, graveyard tree (Caribbean Islands), Mary’s flower, may flower (Nicaragua), pagoda tree (Far East), plumeria, temple tree (India), West Indian jasmine \u2022 <\/span>French<\/b>: frangipanier \u2022 <\/span>Guatemala<\/b>: flor de la cruz \u2022 <\/span>Hawaii<\/b>: melia, pumeli \u2022 <\/span>Hindi<\/b>: \u091a\u092e\u094d\u092a\u093e champa, \u0917\u0941\u0932\u093e\u091a\u093f\u0928 golachin, \u0917\u0941\u0932\u0948\u0928\u094d\u091a\u0940 golenchi \u2022 <\/span>Indonesia<\/b>: kembang kamboja, jepun (Bali) \u2022 <\/span>Italian<\/b>: pomelia, frangipane \u2022 <\/span>Konkani<\/b>: \u091a\u093e\u092e\u094d\u092a\u0945 champe \u2022 <\/span>Kosraen<\/b>: for \u2022 <\/span>Laos<\/b>: Champa \u2022 <\/span>Laos<\/b>: dok champa \u2022 <\/span>Malaysia<\/b>: kemboja kuning \u2022 <\/span>Manipuri<\/b>: khageleihao angouba \u2022 <\/span>Marathi<\/b>: \u091a\u093e\u092b\u093e chafa \u2022 <\/span>Mexico<\/b>: nahuatl \u2022 <\/span>Nicaragua<\/b>: flor de leche (meaning – milk flower), nicaragua (country’s own name), sacuanjoche (<\/span>P. alba<\/i>) \u2022 <\/span>Palauan<\/b>: chelilai \u2022 <\/span>Philippines<\/b>: kalachuchi \u2022 <\/span>Pohnpeian<\/b>: pwohmaria \u2022 <\/span>Portuguese<\/b>: flor-de-Santo-Ant\u00f4nio, jasmim-de-caiena (Brazil), jasmin-do-par\u00e1 (Brazil), jasmin-manga (Brazil) \u2022 <\/span>Puerto Rico<\/b>: alel\u00ed \u2022 <\/span>Sinhalese<\/b>: araliya, pansal mal (meaning – temple flower) \u2022 <\/span>Spanish<\/b>: alhel\u00ed cimarr\u00f3n, suche \u2022 <\/span>St. Barths<\/b>: bois couleuvre (meaning – snake tree) \u2022 <\/span>Tahiti<\/b>: tipanier \u2022 <\/span>Tamil<\/b>: \u0ba8\u0bc6\u0bb2 \u0bb8\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b99\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf nela sampangi \u2022 <\/span>Thai<\/b>: lilawadee \u2022 <\/span>Venezuela<\/b>: amapola \u2022 <\/span>Yapese<\/b>: suwur
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Plumeria obtusa<\/i> is a species of the genus Plumeria<\/span><\/a> (Apocynaceae<\/span><\/a>), native to Central America,[2]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> but widely cultivated for its ornamental and fragrant flowers around the world, where suitably warm climate exists.[3]<\/span><\/a><\/sup>
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\nThis plant is commonly used as an ornamental, grown for its flowers. In Cambodia the flowers are used to make necklaces and in offerings to the deities.<\/span>
[3]<\/span><\/a><\/sup> In traditional medicine used in that country, a decoction of the bark is given in varying doses as a purgative or as a remedy against oedemas.
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One query are there many varieties of this same flower because the flowers petals in the two posts that I posted today look different<\/p>\n


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I love the fragrance of this flower. Here is mine.<\/p>\n


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Plumeria obtusa<\/i> for sure<\/p>\n


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This is the flower I knew as Phandhara<\/b> (White)\u00a0Chapha<\/b>. I remember making finger rings from this flower in my childhood.<\/p>\n


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Oh thanks, good to know flowers also smiles [?][?]<\/p>\n


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Yes flowers smile, laugh, cry… even get mad… didn’t you know? \u00a0as do the leaves? They even enjoy music and dance… I am not joking…. its serious business… scientific business that is… lot has been researched and written about…. And now I suspect they do not like cell-phone towers towering just above them… <\/span><\/p>\n


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…., thanks for this valuable information. \u00a0I know flowers laugh when they are happy, and cry when they are sad, but due to our own pre-occupation we fail to notice it. \u00a0Just once get fully identified with it and sit with <\/span>them for some time and you will notice it.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yes…\u00a0\u00a0…, you are right.. most of us came to botany because of our love for greenery or for the love of flowers… <\/span><\/div>\n
my current balcony is also full of flowers… all kinds.. warm weather tropicals , temperate zone and some cold weather \u00a0ones… \u00a0mostly very prolific … <\/span><\/div>\n
But the plants do not like to flower when people fight… I have \u00a0neighbors who periodically \u00a0fight a lot among themselves, and their vibrations \u00a0must be reaching my plants, they shut down, stop producing flowers, \u00a0when the crescendo of their fights is at the height, my plants stop blooming… \u00a0 when they go on vacation (long ones) of 3 -4 months like visiting their sons in us or uk… my plants bloom like crazy… and look very happy…and peaceful… ( not based on seasons… they go sometimes in winter, sometimes in summer , so my plants are responding to absence of negative vibrations regardless of season.. \u00a0since they do not announce their departures, we learn of their absence by the profuse blooming … \u00a0 as if the plants are dancing in joy… \u00a0then we do our sherlock homes and confirm that they are gone taking their their vibrations) <\/span><\/div>\n
I have learnt over the years to overcome the neighbors fights ( to a degree, not fully yet) by meditating near the plants, getting into their xylem and travelling around inside coaxing… or just floating, and playing devotional
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My mom used to be able to talk to trees and they would visibly respond… I have seen it with my own eyes and even done some super8 movies… which at this point I dont own.. \u00a0otherwise it would be a great small demo… I try
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Mysteries of life…. older I get more mysteries present themselves… and dogmas fall away…. <\/span>…., see what you started… \u00a0keep doing it… makes me remember…<\/span><\/div>\n
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Plumeria For ID : Nasik : 310713 : AK-2<\/a> : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors.
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Plumeria For ID : Nasik : 010813 : AK-1<\/a> : Attachments (2). 1 post by 1 author.
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Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide<\/span><\/a> By Pradip Krishen (2006) states that Plumeria alba<\/i> misapplied to Plumeria obtusa<\/span><\/b><\/a>
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Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide<\/span><\/a> By Pradip Krishen (2006) states that Plumeria alba<\/i> misapplied to Plumeria obtusa<\/span><\/b><\/a>
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Plumeria alba (Family: Apocynaceae) :: Hooghly, WB:<\/a><\/p>\n

It is another Plumeria<\/i> species – Plumeria alba<\/i>. The flowers and leaves are more elongated in this species than the other two Plumeria<\/i>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Bengali name : GULANCHA<\/b><\/div>\n
Date : 21-May-2009, 4.32 p.m.<\/div>\n
Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly), West Bengal<\/span><\/div>\n
Type : Garden, roadside
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Thanks, … <\/span>It matches well with <\/span>Plumeria obtusa<\/b> <\/span>with apex broad with a notch or only a tiny point as per <\/span>Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide<\/span><\/a>
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Thanks … Would you believe that just yesterday I found out that all my plumeria need to be rechecked!
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efloraofindia:”For Id 29012013MR1\u2019\u2019 tree with white flowers at Pune:<\/a>
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efloraofindia:” which Plumeria species is this at Pune :03042014: MR-1<\/a>: 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments(2).
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Thank you … for the Id. Promila ji as per <\/span>Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide<\/span><\/a> By Pradip Krishen (2006)<\/span><\/span> leaves of <\/span>Plumeria obtusa have apex broad with a notch or only a tiny point.<\/span> <\/span>… as per this book is the plant that I have posted Plumeria obtusa<\/i> var. <\/span>obtusa.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Leaves are more than 20cm in length, slightly hairy stalk and underneath on the main nerve. <\/span><\/span>Also noticed that the stalk of the inflorescence was hanging down.<\/span> <\/span><\/span>At first I thought that it was damaged but it is not so.<\/span><\/div>\n
Can this be <\/span><\/span>Plumeria obtusa<\/i> Cultivar: Hanging Windmill ? ref<\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/567280<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
https:\/\/techieoldfox.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/15\/plumeria-obtusa-hanging-windmill\/<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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I won”t be surprised if it turns out to be the elusive P. alba<\/i>. The leaf shape matches. Close up of leaf margin should help.<\/p>\n


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I think P. obtusa<\/i> only.<\/p>\n


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Plumeria For ID : Muscat : 120714 : AK-24<\/a> : 8 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (1).
\nCultivated Plumeria seen in one of the gardens<\/span> in Muscat<\/span> with White flowers blooming throughout the year.
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Is it not Plumeria obtusa<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0as per Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide<\/span><\/a> By Pradip Krishen (2006) ?<\/p>\n


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Plumeria For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 17SEP14 : AK-21<\/a> : 7 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1).
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Plumeria obtusa<\/i>?
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Some of the leaves are not obtuse. Could it be <\/span>P. alba<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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efi page on Plumeria obtusa<\/span><\/a>. No efi page on P.alba so far.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pl. click <\/span>Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide<\/span><\/a> By Pradip Krishen (2006).
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For me it is<\/span> Plumeria obtusa.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u00a0… is correct<\/span>.<\/p>\n


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Plumeria obtusa<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n


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Plumeria obtusa :: TMC Biodiversity Park :: 15 APR 18<\/a> : 2 posts by 2 authors. 3 images.
\nTMC Biodiversity Park<\/span> \u00a0<\/span>Thane
\n<\/span>Date: April 15, 2018 … Altitude: about 15 m (50 feet) asl
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Tree for ID<\/a> : 4 posts by 2 authors. 2 images.<\/div>\n
Khimsar, Rajasthan, january 2018.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Pl. check <\/span>https:\/\/sites.google.<\/span>com\/site\/efloraofindia\/<\/span>species\/a—l\/a\/apocynaceae\/<\/span>plumeria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thank you. For me it would be Plumeria obtu<\/i>sa…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Plumeria For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 29JAN17 : AK-16<\/a>\u00a0: 5 posts by 2 authors.\u00a0Attachments\u00a0<\/span>(5)
\n<\/span>Plumeria<\/em>\u00a0photographed\u00a0<\/span>in Lalbagh<\/span> recently, with no flowers and very few leaves.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Name plate suggested\u00a0Plumeria lambertiana<\/em>.<\/div>\n
Experts, kindly help.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Pl. Check comparative images at EFI.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The given name is a syn. of\u00a0Plumeria rubra<\/em><\/span><\/a> but leaves are not acuminate.
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Plumeria obtusa<\/em>\u00a0L.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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As per the plant list at \u00a0http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl\/record\/kew-161631<\/span><\/a>\u00a0it is a synonym\u00a0of\u00a0P.rubra<\/em>.\u00a0But \u00a0need to check the leaves \u00a0as suggested by \u2026<\/p>\n


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Plumeria obtusa<\/em> is correct ID.<\/p>\n


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Apocynaceae (oleander family) – Plumeria alba – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a>
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Etymology- Plumeria alba – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
GARDEN :: Apocynaceae (dogbane family) \u00bb Plumeria obtusa – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Pagoda tree – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a>
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Validate – efloraofindia | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a>
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… fruits of Plumeria – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a>
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Flowering trees in delhi–Two plumerias – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a>
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White Frangipani- Khair Champa\/Safed Champa (Plumeria obtusa) – indiantreepix | Google Groups<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
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Pagoda tree<\/a> : Attachments (1). 10 posts by 8 authors.
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this is plumeria alba<\/i>.<\/p>\n


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Pagoda tree<\/b> is Styphnolobium japonicum<\/i><\/span> and I feel this is not the tree!
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I\u00a0also agree with … It is indeed Plumera alba<\/i><\/p>\n


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Looks like Plumeria rubra<\/i> Linn. (Pagoda tree<\/b> ) to me. According to Trees of Mumbai book the crooked trunk with blunt and swollen \u00a0branches matches with the pics. The flowers are upright clustered from the tip of the branches.<\/span><\/p>\n


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Plumeria<\/i> -Frangipani is also known temple tree or Pagoda tree<\/b> as in South East Asia they are planted around Pagodas. But I am not sure if all varieties of Plumeria<\/i> are known as Pagoda tree or some particular one.<\/p>\n


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My earlier input was based on the book ‘Trees of Mumbai’ which has mentioned\u00a0 the description of the flowers as “The funnel shaped flower is large, reddish white or fully waxy white with a golden centre.”
\n<\/span>In Trees in Delhi there is lot of\u00a0 info. on Plumeria<\/i> species . It is mentioned that there are 2 species of Plumeria<\/i> in Delhi – Plumeria rubra<\/i> there are four forms and within Plumeria obtusa<\/i> there are two forms. Please refer to Pg 134 .<\/span><\/p>\n


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I think this could be Plumeria obtusa<\/i>!! Leaf apex seems to be obtuse…..<\/p>\n


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Plumeria obtusa<\/i> from my side too.<\/p>\n


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ID Requested_28122010_DS_SN2<\/a>:
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Plumeria obtusa L. :: Manor, Palghar :: Mar 24, 2007 \u00b7 JUN23 DV484<\/a>: 3 images.<\/p>\n

Plumeria obtusa<\/i>\u00a0L.<\/div>\n
Manor, Palghar :: Mar 24, 2007 \u00b7 2:13 PM IST :: about 20 m (70 ft) asl
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Apocynaceae: Plumeria alba L.<\/a>: 1 high res. image.
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I think it should be corrected labeled as\u00a0Plumeria obtusa<\/i>\u00a0L.:
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https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/2011\/03\/22\/plumeria-obtusa\/<\/a><\/p>\n


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Apocynaceae: Plumeria alba!<\/a>: 1 high res. image.
\nPlumeria alba<\/em> from Visakhapatnam district of Andhra pradesh,<\/span><\/p>\n


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