What is Frangipani?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Plumeria'' | image = Plumeria alba flowers.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = ''Plumeria alba'' (White Frangipani) | regnum = [[Plantae]] | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Gentianales]] | familia = [[Apocynaceae]] | genus = '''''Plumeria''''' | genus_authority = [[Joseph Pitton de Tournefort|Tourn.]] ex [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = }} '''''Plumeria''''' (common name '''Frangipani''') is a small [[genus]] of 7-8 [[species]] that grow in tropical and subtropical [[Americas]]. The genus consists of mainly [[deciduous]] [[shrub]]s and trees. ''P. rubra'' (Common Frangipani, Red Frangipani), that grows in [[Mexico]], [[Central America]], and [[Venezuela]], produces flowers ranging from white, yellow to pink. From Mexico and Central America, ''Plumeria'' has spread to all tropical areas of the world, especially [[Hawaii]], where it grows so abundantly that many people think that it is [[:wikt:native|native]] there. == Plant == ''Plumeria'' is related to the Oleander, ''[[Oleander|Nerium Oleander]]'', and both possess poisonous, milky sap, rather similar to that of ''[[Euphorbia]]''. == Plumeria obtusa Gallery == <gallery> Image:Flower I IMG 8330.jpg|<center>Flowers</center> Image:Bark I IMG 4179.jpg|<center>Bark</center> Image:Leaves I IMG 8331.jpg|<center>Leaves</center> [[File:Infant Frangipani tree.jpg|thumb|Infant Frangipani tree, still growing, flowers between December and April.]] </gallery> == Other websites == {{Commonscat|Plumeria|Frangipani}} * [http://lakecounty.typepad.com/life_in_lake_county/2006/11/frangipani_plum.html Frangipani, Plumeria, Lonely Hearts Posts and New Books to Read!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310203424/http://lakecounty.typepad.com/life_in_lake_county/2006/11/frangipani_plum.html |date=2007-03-10 }} - Informative but non-scholarly essay on Plumeria. * '''Portuguese''' [http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/search?taxon_id=764 Flora Brasiliensis