Plant Details

Accepted name:: Plumeria obtusa 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:
bunga jera	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dun ye ji dan hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
frangipanni	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
glansfrangipani	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ji dan hua	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kamboja	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kemboja	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pokok kubur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
semboja	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
singapore frangipanni	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sudu araliya	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
temple tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers, Leaves, Resin		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Plumeria apiculata Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 36 (1919).
Plumeria bahamensis Urb. Symb. Antill. 1: 387 (1899).
Plumeria barahonensis Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 14: 341 (1916).
Plumeria beatensis Urb. Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(7): 9 (1924).
Plumeria bicolor Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald: 168 (1854).
Plumeria casildensis Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 218 (1925).
Plumeria cayensis Urb. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 218 (1925).
Plumeria confusa Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 505 (1915).
Plumeria cuneifolia Helwig Ark. Bot. 22A(10): 44 (1929).
Plumeria emarginata var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) M.Gómez Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 273 (1894).
Plumeria estrellensis Urb. Symb. Antill. 9: 240 (1924).
Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp. Ann. Civili Regno Due Sicilie 1: 122 (1833).
Plumeria inaguensis Britton Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 4481 (1905).
Plumeria jamaicensis Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 37: 356 (1910), nom. illeg.
Plumeria marchii Urb. Symb. Antill. 3: 334 (1902).
Plumeria multiflora Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 8: 33 (1930).
Plumeria nipensis Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 42: 505 (1915).
Plumeria nivea Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Plumeria obtusa var. laevis Griseb. Pl. Wright. 2: 519 (1862).
Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 214 (1938).
Plumeria obtusa var. typica Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 212 (1938), not validly publ.
Plumeria ostenfeldii Urb. Dansk Bot. Ark. 4(7): 8 (1924).
Plumeria parvifolia Donn Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 6: 64 (1811).
Plumeria portoricensis Urb. Symb. Antill. 1: 387 (1899).
Plumeria sericifolia C.Wright ex Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 171 (1866).
Plumeria tenorei Gazparr. Ann. Civili Regno Due Sicilie 1: 123 (1833).
Plumeria tuberculata subsp. sericifolia (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Borhidi Bot. Közlem. 62: 26 (1975).
Plumeria versicolor Dehnh. Cat. Pl. Horti Camald., ed. 2: 23 (1832).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Plumeria obtusa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Plumeria obtusa L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Plumeria obtusa Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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