Plant Details

Accepted name:: Plumeria alba L. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi-ganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alhelí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
belcampaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili daeva kanigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caterpillar tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
caterpillar-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
daevaganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulchin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haalu sampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadusampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kananakaravira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khairchampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshira champaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
milktree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nosegaytree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pagoda-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumal arali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
perumalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumallari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perungalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perunkalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pigeonwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
seemai arali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
smalbladig frangipani	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vellachampaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velutharali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veyyivarahaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veyyivarahalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
west indian-jasmine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
westindische frangipani	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white champa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
white frangipani	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild frangipani	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root bark, bark, latex, seed, root, flower		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Plumeria alba var. jacquiniana A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 392 (1844).
Plumeria hypoleuca var. angustifolia Gasp. Ann. Civili Regno Due Sicilie 1: 122 (1833).
Plumeria revolutifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 501 (1812).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Plumeria alba	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Plumeria alba L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Plumeria alba Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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