This plant is widely cultivated is Saudi Arabia as an ornamental plant, it has a very sweet smell and tolerates the hot, when cut it produces a white latex.
it is belonging in Apocynaceae it has many other species like P. alba, P obtusa etc.
Parece Plumeria obtusa L., nativa de Mesoamérica y el Caribe
It is Plumeria alba. There are several cultivated varieties are grown in various parks and gardens in various parts of the world.
thanks for all, I will check the exact botanical differences between P. alba and P. obtusa to know the exact species. In the past I have collected this plant and after drying process the leaves color became black and many weeks passed before it became completely dry.
I also think it is Plumaria alba as whitish flower is prominent.....!
Dear Ammar Badder,
Despite inflorescences with white flowers, this species is named Plumeria rubra L. (Apocynaceae), plant from Jamaica (Caribean Ilands).
The flowers can vary in color and tone from white (center yellow) to red and "red wine"
Nowadays, it is distributed in tropical and subtropical areas worldwide.
You can find lots of immages at internet.
Iracilda Maria de Moura Lima
its definitely plumeria and also known as GUL CHINI or GULCHEEN in Urdu it has beautiful bifurcating branching pattern and beautiful inflorescence with variety of color(white and pink) i have a plant of this spp. at home it is amazing and easily grow from cuttings. it feel very happy in rainy seasons but bear no leaves in winter
It is Plumeria obtusa of family Apocynaceae
Naresh Chander Aery, India
Indeed it's a Plumeria, we have one in the national plant garden in Meise (Belgium),
contact person who knows more about it is Luc Van Conkelberge, [email protected]
It is Plumeria obtusa L., of tropical decidus forest in México
Dear Ammar Bader,
It is Plumeria alba with white flowers, family Apocynaceae, winter deciduous, hardy, profusely grown in tropical and sub-tropical parts of India. NBRI, Lucknow, India has good collection Plumeria species.
Rajiv Kumar,
IIHR, Bangalore
Dear Ammar
As the other colleagues mentioned, this is Plumeria alba belongs to
As the other colleagues, it is a Plumeria. I'm not sure about the specie (Plumeria alba L. or Plumeria rubra L.). The photo for me it isn't clear enough.
In my opinion the photograph belongs to Plumeria obtusa. Plumeria alba has acute and narrower leaves. Plumeria rubra has acute leaves and the aestivation of corolla lobes is more spiral. The next paper can help you with this.
Woodson, R.E. 1938b. An evaluation of the genera Plumeria L. and Himatanthus Willd. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 25: 189-224
Best wishes
Alfredo
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