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Plumeria rubra (Common Frangipani, Red
Frangipani)
Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants)
> Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I >
Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Plumerioideae
> Genus: Plumeria
Native from Mexico through to Panama. Widely grown in
southern African gardens.
Common Frangipani Plumeria rubra growing
in Cape Town garden. [photo
H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Milky latex exuding from where leaf
has been broken off on Plumeria rubra tree. [photo
H. Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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