Fragrant frangipani
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Fragrant frangipani ( Plumeria obtusa ) |
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The Plumeria obtusa ( Plumeria obtusa ) is a plant type from the genus Plumeria in the family of Hundsgiftgewächse (Apocynaceae).
description
The fragrant frangipani is a 4 to 15 m high tree with strong branches. The trunk diameter can reach up to 25 cm. The leaves and inflorescences are hairless. The leaves are leathery, inversely ovate to elongated ovate. They reach a length of 5 to 25 cm and a width of 2 to 9 cm. The tip is rounded or edged to a point, the base is wedge-shaped and pointed. The upper side is glabrous and shiny, the underside is glabrous or hairy and colored yellow-green.
The inflorescences are dense and almost umbel-shaped , they consist of a few to numerous flowers. The flower stalks are 7 to 10 cm long. The calyx lobes are ovate-triangular, 1 to 1.5 mm long and rounded to cut off at the tip. The crown is colored white with a yellow center. The corolla tube is 1 to 2 cm long, the corolla lobes are 1.5 to 4.5 cm long, ovate-elongated or, conversely, ovoid, the tip is blunt or rounded.
The follicles are 7 to 24 cm long and 1 to 2 cm thick.
Occurrence
The species occurs in Mexico , Belize , Guatemala , the Greater Antilles, and the Bahamas . It grows on dry and moist limestone soils, in forests at low altitude.
swell
- Henri Alain Liogier: Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjancent Islands, Spermatophyta , Volume IV: Melastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae . Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1995, ISBN 0-8477-2337-2 , p. 217.
