Family Name | Apocynaceae |
Scientific name | Plumeria rubra |
Common name | Red frangipani |
Growth habit | Originally native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela |
Leaf | The large green leaves can reach 30 to 50 cm (12–20 in) long and are arranged alternately and clustered at the end of the branches. |
Flower | It is flushed with fragrant flowers of shades of pink, white and yellow over the summer and autumn. |
Fruit | Hard to form fruit, therefore cutting method are used to reproduce. |
More to learn | The flowers are used to make necklaces as offerings to deities or as decoration for coffins. |
Properties | Sweet and Cool |
Treats | Used to prevent heat stroke, enteritis, dysentery, indigestion, infantile malnutrition product, infectious hepatitis and bronchitis. |
Reference | Plumeria rubra 緬梔花 Plumeria rubra photogragh Plumeria rubra flower |