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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Plumeria obtusa''
| image = Leaves I IMG 8331.jpg
| image_caption = Leaves in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Plumeria]]''
| species = '''''P. obtusa'''''
| binomial = ''Plumeria obtusa''
| binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]]
}}
'''''Plumeria obtusa''''' is a species of ''[[Plumeria]]'', native to the [[Caribbean]]. It is a large [[shrub]] or small [[tree]] growing to 8 m tall.<ref name=rhs>Huxley, A., ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.</ref>
==References==
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Image:Fruit & flower I IMG 4181.jpg|Fruit & flower in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].
Image:Flower I IMG 8330.jpg|Flower in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].
Image:Bark I IMG 4179.jpg|Bark in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].
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