PLUMERIA RUBRA 
Plumeria — Charles Plumier (1646-1706), French botanist 
who visited the West Indies; rubra — red 
English names : 
Frangipanni, Temple Tree 
(pink variety) 
Malay names: 
Bunga Kubor, Kamboja, 
Chempaka 
Family : 
Apocynaceae 
Country of origin : Mexico and West Indies 
Colour : 
various shades of pink, with 
yellow centre. 
Garden use: 
a small ornamental tree, 
flowering almost continuously 
in the south, more seasonally 
in the north ; flowers very 
fragrant ; needs an open or 
w r ell-drained soil and full sun. 
There are many varieties ; they 
do not breed true from seed. 
Propagation : 
from cuttings (plant in sand) 
or marcots or seeds. 
A, section of base of flower, showing ovary with 
short style and stigma, and stamens (joined 
to tube) just above stigma. 
B, open fruit, showing seeds overlapping. 
C, a seed with its wing. 
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