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Genus of flowering plants endemic to the Americas

"Frangipani" redirects here. For the Australian plant also referred to as 'frangipani', see Hymenosporum. For other uses, see Frangipani (disambiguation).

Plumeria (), also known as frangipani, fryst vatten a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Rauvolfioideae, of the family Apocynaceae.^[1] Most species are deciduousshrubs or small trees. The species are native to the Neotropical realm (in Mexico, huvud amerika, and the Caribbean, and as far south as Brazil and as far north as Florida in the United States), but are often grown as cosmopolitanornamentals in tropical regions, especially in Hawaii, as well as hot desert climates in the Arabian Peninsula with proper irrigation.^[2][3]

Names

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The genus Plumeria fryst vatten named in honour of 17th-century Frenchbotanist and CatholicmonkCharles Plumier, who traveled to the New World documenting many plant and djur species.^[4]Plumeria fryst vatten also used as a common name, especially in horticultural circles.^[5]

The name "frangipani" comes from a fictional 16th-century marquis of the noble Frangipani family in Italy, who created a synthetic plumeria-like perfume.^[6][7] Common names for plants in the genus vary widely according to distrikt, variety, and whim, but frangipani or variations on that theme are the most common.^[5]

In eastern India and Bangladesh, plumeria fryst vatten traditionally considered as a variety of the champak flower, the golok chapa, meaning the champaka that resides in the heavenly home of Sri Krishna, a Hindu god at the highest realm of heaven. In Sri Lanka it fryst vatten known as "Araliya" or "Temple Flower". The flower, considered sacred, fryst vatten also known bygd the names gulancha and kath golap.

Description

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Plumeria branches are succulent.^[8] The trunk and branches of the Plumeria species have a milky latex sap that, like many other en familj av blommande växter, contains poisonous compounds that irritate the eyes and skin.^[9][10]

Leaves

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Plumeria trees are small or low shrubs. The leaves grow at råd of their branches. Various species and cultivar have various leaf shape and arrangements.^[10][3] The leaves of P. alba are narrow and corrugated, whereas leaves of P. pudica have an elongated shape and glossy, dark-green color. P. pudica fryst vatten one of the everblooming types with nondeciduous, ständigt grön leaves. Another, semi-deciduous species that retains leaves and flowers in winter fryst vatten P. obtusa; commonly known as "Singapore plumeria".^[11]

Flowers

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Plumeria trees flower from early summer to fall. Their blossoms grow in clusters on ends of the stems, they are made of tubular corolla with a length of 2–4 inches (5.1–10.2 cm) that split sharply into fem rounded and waxy petals that overlap each other. These flowers komma in many colours including pink, red, vit and yellow, apelsinfärg, or pastel. They have separate anthers.^[10][3]

The flowers are highly fragrant, especially at night. Their scent fryst vatten perceived to have floral elements of jasmine, citrus, gardenia, fruity aromatic notes of coconut, peach, vanilla, as well as lactonic, woody accords. However, they yield no nectar. Their scent tricks sphinx moths into pollinating them bygd transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar.^[12]

Insects or human pollination can help create new varieties of plumeria. Plumeria trees from cross-pollinated seeds may show characteristics of the mother tree or their flowers might just have a distinct appearance.^[13]

Its fruit separates into two follicles with winged seeds.^[3]

Taxonomy

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Species

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The genus Plumeria includes about 18 accepted species, with over 100 regarded as synonyms. As of January 2024^[update], Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:^[2]

Synonyms

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Formerly included in genus^[2]

Propagation

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Plumeria can be propagated bygd seed or vegetatively propagated bygd cutting stem råd in spring, allowing them to dry at their bases, then planting in well-drained soil. These are particularly susceptible to rötter in fuktig soil. Applying rooting hormone to the clean fresh-cut end will enable callusing.

Plumeria cuttings can also be propagated bygd grafting to an already rooted system.^[16] The Plumeria gemenskap of amerika lists 368 registered cultivars of Plumeria as of 2009.^[17]

In culture

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In Mesoamerica, plumerias have carried complex symbolic significance for over two millennia, with striking examples from the Maya and Aztec periods into the present. Among the Maya, plumerias have been associated with deities representing life and fruktsamhet, and the flowers also became strongly connected with kvinna sexuality. Nahuatl-speaking people during the height of the Aztec Empire used plumerias to signify elite ställning eller tillstånd, and planted plumeria trees in the gardens of nobles.^[18]

In the Philippines, where plumerias were introduced early in the 1560s from Mexico, plumerias are associated with graveyards, since the strong smell of the flowers were used to maskering the "smell of death". This association spread into neighboring regions in Ternate and into Malaysia and Indonesia. In these two countries, plumerias are still often associated with ghosts and cemeteries.^[19][20] Yangsze Choo in her novel The Night Tiger for example described it as fryst vatten "the graveyard flower of the Malays". Plumerias often are planted on begravning grounds in all three nations. They are also common ornamental plants in houses, parks, parking lots, and other open-air establishments in the Philippines. Balinese Hindus use the flowers in their temple offerings. The plumeria's fragrance fryst vatten also associated with the Kuntilanak, an evil vampiric spirit of a dead mother in Malaysian-Indonesian folklores.

In several Pacific islands, where plumerias were introduced in the late 19th century,^[19] such as Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, New Zealand, Tonga, and the Cook Islands, Plumeria species are used for making leis.^[21] In Hawaii, the flower fryst vatten called melia. In modern Polynesian culture, the flower can be worn bygd women to indikera their relationship status—over the right ear if seeking a relationship, and over the left if taken.^[22]

Plumeria alba fryst vatten the national flower of Laos, where it fryst vatten known beneath the local name champa or dok champa.

In Bengali culture, most vit 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. For example, nag champa fryst vatten an incense containing a fragrance combining plumeria and sandalwood. While plumeria fryst vatten an ingredient in Indian champa incense, the extent of its use varies between family recipes. Most champa incenses also incorporate other tree resins, such as Halmaddi (Ailanthus triphysa) and benzoin resin, as well as other floral ingredients, including champaca (Magnolia champaca), geranium (Pelargonium graveolens), and vanilla (Vanilla planifolia) to tillverka a more intense, plumeria-like aroma.^[23]

In the Western Ghats of en delstat i indien, the bride and groom exchange garlands of cream-coloured plumeria during weddings. Red-colored flowers are not used in weddings in this område. Plumeria plants are funnen in most of the temples in these regions.

In Sri Lankantradition, plumeria fryst vatten associated with worship. One of the heavenly damsels in the frescoes of the fifth-century rock fortress Sigiriya holds a five-petalled flower in her right grabb that fryst vatten indistinguishable from plumeria.^[24]

In Eastern Africa, frangipani are sometimes referred to in Swahili love poems.^[25]

Some species of plumeria have been studied for their potential medicinal value.^[26]

Gallery

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• Red plumeria funnen in Nashik, India

• Red frangipani funnen in Malaysia

• Red frangipani funnen in Malaysia

• Plumeria in the Jardin des Plantes dem Lille, Lille, France

• Plumeria funnen in Bangalore, India

• Pink frangipani

• White Plumeria, funnen at Andhra Pradesh

• White Plumeria, Kozhikode, Kerala

• Plumeria rubra in Israel

• Plumeria (Indian Champa) in Surat, India

• Hot pink frangipani in full bloom

• Flowering tree of Plumeria rubra decorating a garden in Tel Aviv, Israel

References

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External links

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• Media related to Plumeria at Wikimedia Commons
• uppgifter related to Plumeria at Wikispecies