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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Plumeria alba L.

Apocynaceae

SE North America (Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)

D E?

hel xer calc

dr (latex application for skin parasites, syphilis and toothache, roots decoction taken orally for intestinal worms) fw [ma] pl ti

Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp. Plumiera alba L. Plumiera hypoleuca Gasp.

white frangipani; frangi-pani (Lesser Antilles); frangipani (USA); milk-tree (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); milky-bush (Virgin Islands); nosegaytree (Puerto Rico); pigeonwood (Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles); plumeria (USA); white chumpa; white frangepane (Netherlands Antilles)

frangipanier blanc; bois de lait (French Guiana); frangipanier (Haiti, Lesser Antilles); frangipanier sauvage (Guadeloupe, Haiti); jasmine (Barbuda); laurier bâtard

alelaila, aleli, alelí blanco (Puerto Rico)

frangipane bianco (italian); franjipanye blan, franjipanye sovaj (creole, Haiti); kananakaravira (sanskrit); Peru, perumallari, perungalli (tamil); plumeria (italian); Tempelstrauch (german); veyyivarahalu (telugu); Weisse Frangipani (german)

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Latin name	Plumeria alba L.
Family	Apocynaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	D E?
Ecology	hel xer calc
Use	dr (latex application for skin parasites, syphilis and toothache, roots decoction taken orally for intestinal worms) fw [ma] pl ti
Synonym	Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp. Plumiera alba L. Plumiera hypoleuca Gasp.
English name	white frangipani; frangi-pani (Lesser Antilles); frangipani (USA); milk-tree (Puerto Rico, Virgin Gorda); milky-bush (Virgin Islands); nosegaytree (Puerto Rico); pigeonwood (Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles); plumeria (USA); white chumpa; white frangepane (Netherlands Antilles)
French name	frangipanier blanc; bois de lait (French Guiana); frangipanier (Haiti, Lesser Antilles); frangipanier sauvage (Guadeloupe, Haiti); jasmine (Barbuda); laurier bâtard
Spanish name	alelaila, aleli, alelí blanco (Puerto Rico)
Other name	frangipane bianco (italian); franjipanye blan, franjipanye sovaj (creole, Haiti); kananakaravira (sanskrit); Peru, perumallari, perungalli (tamil); plumeria (italian); Tempelstrauch (german); veyyivarahalu (telugu); Weisse Frangipani (german)
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