Plumeria obtusa

Plumeria obtusa
Leaves in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Plumeria
Species: P. obtusa
Binomial name
Plumeria obtusa
L.

Plumeria obtusa is a species of the genus Plumeria (Apocynaceae), native from the Greater Antilles, northern Central America and southern Mexico.[1] This large shrub or small tree grows up to 8 metres (26 ft) tall.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Plumeria obtusa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?28884. Retrieved 2009-02-01. 
  2. ^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.