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Plumeria rubra, Linn. Frangipani. Low tree or shrub: lvs. 5- 8 in. long: cymes spreading; corolla-lobes broadly oval, longer than the tube. Mex. to Guiana and Ecuador; naturalized in W. Indies. U.R. 780 (fls. chiefly golden, only the tips bright rose). B.M. 279.—In W. Indies sometimes called "West Indian red jasmine."
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| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Plumeria rubra''
| image = Plumeria rubra.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Gentianales]]
| familia = [[Apocynaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Plumeria]]''
| species = '''''P. rubra'''''
| binomial = ''Plumeria rubra''
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'''''Plumeria rubra''''' is a [[deciduous]] plant belonging to the genus ''[[Plumeria]]''.<ref name="Botanica 691">"Botanica. The Illustrated AZ of over 10000 garden plants and how to cultivate them", p. 691. Könemann, 2004. ISBN 3-8331-1253-0</ref>
''Plumeria rubra'' can grow to 8 meters (25 feet) tall. It has usually pink flowers, and also has varieties with white or yellow shades.<ref name="Botanica 691"/>
[[Image:Plumeria-0-KayEss-1.jpeg|thumb|left|180px|Flowers of ''Plumeria rubra'']]
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