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Family: Apocynaceae	Genus: Plumeria	Species: Plumeria obtusa Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Plumeria apiculata Urb., Plumeria bahamensis Urb.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	White Frangipani, Singapore frangipani	Flower Type	Cyme
English / Trade Name	White Frangipani, White champa, Dwarf Plumeria	Flowering Period	Jan-March
Vernacular /Local Name		Fruiting Period	April-June
Altitude	Up to 2000m	Fruit Type	Follicle
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit follicle which splits along one side to release the winged seeds.
Habitat	Plains, cultivated and commonly used as an ornamental, grown for its flowers	Bark Type	Rugged
Distribution	Native to the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles in Central America, widely cultivated in tropical climates including eastern Africa, Asia.	Bark Details	Bark thin grey, often covered with
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sukhna Choe Reserve Forest & Sukhna Lake , Manimajara and Daria, Sector 2, Sector 23, Sector 28, Sector 42, Sector 45, Sector 46	Origin	Exotic
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Tree up to 6 m with widely spaced thick succulent branches that are often covered with "knobby" protuberances. Leaves clustered near the tips of the branches, obovate, dark and leathery and tend to be shiny on the upper surface. Flower cyme, contain five petals, fused at the base in a short funnel-shaped tube which gradually widens as the lobes of the petals. Fruit follicle which splits along one side to release the winged seeds.	Leaf Details	Leaves clustered near the tips of the branches, obovate, dark and leathery and tend to be shiny on the upper surface.

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