Apocynaceae Plumeria alba L.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

Keywords in this picture :

• Habitat
• Thorn
• Spines prickles etc
• Ecology
• Plant parts
• Vegetation
• Species level terms

Places where this species can be found :

• Windward - GRENADA
• La Sagesse - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Leaves alternate, bunched at twig tips. Flowers whit with yellow centre. Leaves bullate, strongly recurved margin.

Interest
Plumeria - honour of Charles Plumier (1646-1704), French Franciscan monk, botanist and tarveller. Visited Martinique, Guadeloupe and Haiti in 1689 and 1690. The flowers are used in garlands in Hawaii, and as offerings in Buddhist temples. The latex has been used to treat warts.

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
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