Frangipani
ஈழத்தலரிഈഴച്ചെമ്പകംলাল কাঠগোলাপ
Plumeria rubra L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 3.2 m
- wide
- 2.0 m
Apocynaceae
Also called Mexican Plumeria, Chelilairangebard, Templetree
Formerly Plumeria acuminata, Plumeria acutifolia, Plumeria angustifolia, Plumeria arborescens, and 24 more
When it flowers
Flowers November 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
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to VenezuelaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 2.5 m to 4.0 mRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 1.5 m to 2.5 mRead from RHS, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, pinkRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- 10 °C (USDA zone 12a)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- Flor de Mayo, Cacalosúchil, frangipani
- root
- cacajoyó, Ahuaipuih, cundá
- Indonesian
- Kamboja Merah, Kamboja Kubur
- Chinese
- 紅雞蛋花, 雞蛋花, 鸡蛋花
- Portuguese
- Jasmim-manga
- Japanese
- インドソケイ, プルメリア
- Finnish
- rusotemppelipuu, Rusotemppelipuu
- Afrikaans
- Frangipani, rooifrangipani
- Chinese (China)
- 红鸡蛋花
- Greek
- Ινδικό φούλι
- French
- Frangipanier rouge
- Danish
- Frangipani
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
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-24, CC BY 2.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Plumeria rubra (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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