West Indian frangipani
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West Indian Frangipani ( Plumeria alba ) |
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The plumeria alba ( Plumeria alba ) is a plant type from the genus Plumeria in the family of Hundsgiftgewächse (Apocynaceae).
description
The West Indian Frangipani grows as a tree up to 10 m high with a trunk diameter of up to 10 cm or as a shrub . Its branches are strong, greenish to brownish in color. The thick, almost leathery leaves are 15 to 38 cm long and 1.5 to 5 cm wide. Towards the front they are pointed or blunt, the base is narrowed. The upper side is hairless, the underside is covered with whitish trichomes , but can also be hairless and veined like a network. The leaf margin is strongly bent.
The inflorescences are compact and consist of several to numerous flowers . The inflorescence axes are 1 to 4 cm long, the flower stalks are strong, hairless and up to 2 cm long. The calyx is 2 to 3 mm long and has rounded calyx lobes. The crown is colored white and has a yellow center in the middle. The corolla tube is 2 cm long, the corolla lobes are inverted ovoid, rounded and about 3 cm long.
The follicles are 10 to 15 cm long and 1.5 cm thick.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 36 or 54.
Occurrence
The species occurs in Puerto Rico , the Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles . It grows in dry to moist locations in coastal thickets and on mountain slopes at low altitudes.
meaning
Plumeria alba is rarely cultivated - in contrast to Plumeria rubra, with whose white-flowered forms it is often confused.
literature
- 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 , pp. 215-216.
- P. Schütt, U. Lang: Plumeria alba , in: Peter Schütt et al .: Trees of the tropics . Nikol, Hamburg 2004, pp. 533-535. ISBN 978-3-933203-79-3
Individual evidence
- ^ Plumeria alba at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
