Apocynaceae

Templetree

Plumeria rubra L.

Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Plumeria

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Templetree (Plumeria rubra) — FlowerPhoto: MarvalPhotography19, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (29)

Arabic: فتنة حمراء, ياسمين هندي
arz: فتنه حمراء
Bangla: লাল কাঠগোলাপ
Bulgarian: Червена плумерия
Burmese: စံကားပင်
Cantonese: 紅雞蛋花
Chinese: 鸡蛋花, 紅花緬梔, 雞蛋花, 红鸡蛋花, 红鸡蛋花*
Czech: Plumérie červená
English: Templetree
Esperanto: Ruĝa franĉipano
Finnish: Rusotemppelipuu
German: Rote Frangipani
Hebrew: פלומריה ריחנית, פיטנה
Hungarian: Vörös frangipáni, Pagodafa, Templomfa, Háromszínű frangipáni
Indonesian: Kamboja merah
Italian: Frangipani rosso
Japanese: インドソケイ, インド素馨
lah: چمپا
Malayalam: ഈഴച്ചെമ്പകം
nah: Cacalōxōchitl
Persian: یاسمن قرمز
Portuguese: Jasmim-manga
Russian: Плюмерия красная
shn: တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇၸမ်ႇပေႇ
Slovak: Pluméria červená
Swedish: Frangipani
Tamil: ஈழத்தலரி
Urdu: گل چین
Vietnamese: Đại hoa đỏ, Sứ cùi, Đại

Synonyms

Plumeria acuminata W.T.Aiton
Plumeria acutifolia Poir.
Plumeria acutifolia var. gasparrinii A.DC.
Plumeria angustifolia A.DC.
Plumeria arborea Noronha
Plumeria arborescens G.Don
Plumeria aurantia Endl.
Plumeria aurantia G.Lodd.
Plumeria aurantiaca Steud.
Plumeria bicolor Ruiz & Pav.
Plumeria blandfordiana G.Lodd.
Plumeria carinata Ruiz & Pav.
Plumeria conspicua hort. ex G.Don
Plumeria gouanii D.Don ex G.Don
Plumeria incarnata Mill.
Plumeria incarnata var. milleri (G.Don) A.DC.
Plumeria jamesonii Hook.
Plumeria kerrii G.Don
Plumeria kunthiana Kostel.
Plumeria lambertiana Lindl.
Plumeria loranthifolia Müll.Arg.
Plumeria lutea Ruiz & Pav.
Plumeria macrophylla Lodd.
Plumeria mariaelenae J.F.Gut. & J.Linares
Plumeria megaphylla A.DC.
Plumeria mexicana G.Lodd.
Plumeria milleri G.Don
Plumeria mollis Kunth
Plumeria northiana G.Lodd.
Plumeria obtusifolia Steud.
Plumeria purpurea Ruiz & Pav.
Plumeria rubra f. acuminata (W.T.Aiton) Woodson
Plumeria rubra f. acutifolia (Poir.) Woodson
Plumeria rubra f. lutea (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
Plumeria rubra f. rubra
Plumeria rubra f. tricolor (Roem. & Pav.) Woodson
Plumeria rubra f. typica Woodson
Plumeria rubra var. acuminata (Ait.) R.S.Rao & Balamani
Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia (Poir.) L.H.Bailey
Plumeria tenuifolia G.Lodd.

and 1 more.

Flowers

In flower: March to October (from 494 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: MarvalPhotography19, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jose Luis Leon de la Luz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Zoe McCormick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zachi Evenor and MathKnight, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Craig Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cabanillas Lopez Jesus Miguel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Craig Franklin, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: John Robert McPherson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bruno Frías Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.