Stock Photo: Plumeria Frangipani Or Kath Gulab
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Plumeria, known as frangipani, is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Rauvolfioideae, of the family Apocynaceae. Most species are deciduous shrubs or small trees. The species variously are endemic to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, and as far south as Brazil and north as Florida United States, but are grown as cosmopolitan ornamentals in warm regions. The source of flowers for Hawaiian leis, they range in size from compact shrubs rarely exceeding 4 feet in height to small, rounded trees that reach 30 feet Showy clusters of flowers up to 6 inches across appear atop large, leathery, oblong leaves for months on end. The waxy, five-petaled blooms may be star shaped, saucer shaped, or pinwheel shaped and in color of white with pink, or white with yellow.
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