Plant Details

Accepted name:

Plumeria rubra L. [Apocynaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information 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)
adaviganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahaipuih	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
alejandría	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
alelí	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
alhelí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
alhelí cimarrón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
arali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arhataganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arhathaganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
belchampaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cacalojoche	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cacaloxochitl	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cacaloxóchitl	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
cacalsúchil	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
calalosúchil	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
calcachuchi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
campakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
campechana	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
campotonera	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
caracha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chacnicté	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chameli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
champadka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
champaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
champe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chanipe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaswan	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chempe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuwa	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chuwaro	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chyan phul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
colorado	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
common frangipani	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
daeva ganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daevaganigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daevaganigile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dev-champo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deva kanagilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deva kanigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devaganagalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devaganagile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devaganigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devaganigile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
flor blanca	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
flor de ensalada	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
flor de ensarta	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
flor de la cruz	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
flor de majo	Other	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
flor de mayo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
flor de señora	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
flor del cuervo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
flor del toro	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
flor-de-santo-antônio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
frangipani	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
frangipani plant	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
frangipanier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
galaichi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
galaichon	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
galainchi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ganagala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganagalekaai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganagile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganigile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goburchamp	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golaichi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
golainchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golanchi	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gosampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gove sampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
graveyard-flower	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gulachin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulchin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulechin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guttiganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hong ji dan hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ilattalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jacalosúchil blanco	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jasmim	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
jasmim-de-caiena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jasmim-do-pará	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jasmin-do-pará	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jasmin-manga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
juche	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kaadu sampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadusampage	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadusampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kallimandarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanagala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanagile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khair champa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khair-champo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khairchampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khseera sampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ksiracampaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuppiyalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal champa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lirio	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
magaganagile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mbaj xiel	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mogaganagile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mogaganigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mogaganigile	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
navillavalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nicte de monte	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nicté	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nosegay	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nuruvarahaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuruvarahalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagoda flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagoda tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
pagoda-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
palo de cruz	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pandhara chapha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pandhra chapha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perungalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
quie-chachi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
red frangipani	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
red paucipan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
red-jasmine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rhurachaapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rote frangipani	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sabanicté	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sacuanjoche	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sampai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
segappu arali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sonchampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spanish jasmine	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
suche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
suchlcachue	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
svetacampaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
súchil	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
temple flower	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
temple tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
templetree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tizaxochitl	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vaadaganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vadaganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velattalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellachampakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellachampige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velutharali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veluttalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veyyivarahaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veyyivarahalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wala	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
zacnicte	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
árbol de flor	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, latex, flowers		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
flower		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
latex, stem bark, flower		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
latex, stem-bark, flower		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Plumeria acuminata W.T.Aiton Hortus Kew. 2: 70 (1811).
Plumeria acutifolia Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 667 (1812).
Plumeria bicolor Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 21 (1799).
Plumeria megaphylla A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 391 (1844).
Plumeria purpurea Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 20 (1799).
Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia (Poir.) L.H.Bailey & E.Z.Bailey Hortus Second.: 576 (1941).
Plumeria tricolor Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 20 (1799).
Plumeria acutifolia var. gasparrinii A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 393 (1844).
Plumeria angustifolia A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 394 (1844).
Plumeria arborea Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 23 (1790), nom. nud.
Plumeria arborescens G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 93 (1837).
Plumeria aurantia Bosse Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn. 2: 852 (1829).
Plumeria aurantiaca Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 357 (1841).
Plumeria blandfordiana Lodd. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 94 (1837).
Plumeria carinata Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 21 (1799).
Plumeria conspicua G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 68 (1830).
Plumeria gouanii D.Don ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 94 (1837).
Plumeria incarnata Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768).
Plumeria incarnata var. milleri (G.Don) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 390 (1844).
Plumeria jamesonii Hook. Bot. Mag. 79: t. 4751 (1853).
Plumeria kerrii G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 93 (1837).
Plumeria kunthiana Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 1067 (1834).
Plumeria lambertiana Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 16: t. 1378 (1830).
Plumeria loranthifolia Müll.Arg. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(1): 42 (1860).
Plumeria lutea Ruiz & Pav. Fl. Peruv. 2: 21 (1799).
Plumeria macrophylla Lodd. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 94 (1837).
Plumeria mariaelenae J.F.Gut. & J.Linares Int. Cact. Advent. 69: 4 (2006).
Plumeria mexicana G.Lodd. Bot. Cab. 11: t. 1024 (1825).
Plumeria milleri G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 93 (1837).
Plumeria mollis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 230 (1819).
Plumeria northiana Lodd. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 94 (1837).
Plumeria rubra f. acuminata (W.T.Aiton) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 211 (1938).
Plumeria rubra var. acuminata (W.T.Aiton) R.S.Rao & Balamani J. Indian Bot. Soc. 63: 227 (1984).
Plumeria rubra f. acutifolia (Poir.) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 211 (1938).
Plumeria rubra f. lutea (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 211 (1938).
Plumeria rubra f. tricolor (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 211 (1938).
Plumeria rubra f. typica Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 25: 211 (1938), not validly publ.
Plumeria tenuifolia Lodd. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 94 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Plumeira acuminata	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Plumeria acuminata	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Plumeria acuminata W.T.Ait.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Plumeria acuminata W.T.Aiton	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Plumeria acutifolia	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Plumeria acutifolia Poir.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Plumeria acutifolia Poiret	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Plumeria bicolor Ruiz et Pavon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Plumeria megaphylla DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Plumeria purpurea Ruiz et Pavon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Plumeria rubra	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Plumeria rubra L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Fijian Medicinal Plants (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Medicinal plants in South Pacific (WHO, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Plumeria rubra L. cv. Acutifolia	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Plumeria rubra L. var. acutifolia (Poir.) Bailey	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Plumeria rubra Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Plumeria rubra Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Plumeria tricolor Ruiz et Pavon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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