White frangipani
പ്ലമേറിയ ഒബ്റ്റുസ
Plumeria obtusa L.
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 3.8 m
- wide
- —
Apocynaceae
Also called Singapore graveyard flower, White Frangipani, Singapore white plumeria
Formerly Plumeria apiculata, Plumeria bahamensis, Plumeria barahonensis, Plumeria beatensis, and 18 more
When it flowers
Flowers December to September in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SE. Mexico to Honduras, CaribbeanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 3.0 m to 4.6 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, yellowRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Apple-of-PeruFlowers October to November, when this does not
Arabian jasmineFlowers October to November, when this does not
Barbados gooseberryFlowers October to November, when this does not
Barbados lilyFlowers October to November, when this does not
Billygoat weedFlowers October to November, when this does not
Black-eyed Susan vineFlowers October to November, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 緬梔花 鈍葉雞蛋花, 雞蛋花, 緬梔
- French
- Frangipanier
- Spanish
- Frangipani blanco
- Chinese (China)
- 鸡蛋花, 钝叶鸡蛋花
- Russian
- Плюмерия тупая
- Sinhala
- සුදු අරලිය
- root
- Chelilairangebard, nikte’ ch’oom
- Thai
- ลั่นทมขาว
- Italian
- Frangipane
- Portuguese
- Flor-de-cemitério-de-cingapura
- Japanese
- マルバプルメリア
- Finnish
- bahamantemppelipuu
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-24, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Plumeria obtusa (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.