Apocynaceae
Singapore graveyard flower
Plumeria obtusa
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Plumeria
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 钝叶鸡蛋花
- English
- Singapore graveyard flower, White frangipani
- Russian
- Плюмерия туполистная
- Spanish
- Aleli cimarron
Synonyms
- Plumeria apiculata Urb.
- Plumeria bahamensis Urb.
- Plumeria barahonensis Urb.
- Plumeria beatensis Urb.
- Plumeria bicolor Seem.
- Plumeria casildensis Urb.
- Plumeria cayensis Urb.
- Plumeria confusa Britton
- Plumeria cuneifolia Helwig
- Plumeria estrellensis Urb.
- Plumeria hypoleuca Gasp.
- Plumeria inaguensis Britton
- Plumeria jamaicensis Britton
- Plumeria marchii Urb.
- Plumeria multiflora Standl.
- Plumeria nipensis Britton
- Plumeria nivea Mill.
- Plumeria obtusa var. laevis Griseb.
- Plumeria obtusa var. obtusa
- Plumeria obtusa var. sericifolia (C.Wright) Woodson
- Plumeria obtusa var. typica Woodson
- Plumeria ostenfeldii Urb.
- Plumeria parvifolia Donn
- Plumeria portoricensis Urb.
- Plumeria tenorei Gasp.
- Plumeria versicolor Dehnh.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: bigwavephoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Jenny Flora, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: savannah ducote, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Elizabeth R, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sshook1973, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: winthur sempliner, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.