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  • COMMON NAME: Caterpillar Tree, Milk Tree, Pagoda Tree, White Frangipani.
  • ARABIC: فتنة، ياسمين هندي
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Plumeria alba L.
  • SYNONYMS: Plumeria acutifolia Poiret
  • FAMILY: APOCYNACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs Tree
  • HABITATS: Terrace Terrace (Silt) Sandy
  • TYPES: Perennial
Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://identify.plantnet.org/weurope/species/Plumeria%20alba%20L./data
Moderate salinity tolerance and high drought tolerance. Ornamental plant with fragrant attractive blooms.
Large green shrub or small spreading semi-deciduous tree, up to 4 meters. Stems many, branches knotty, thick and leafy. Leaves large, rigid, oblong lanceolate, entire, up to 30cm long, 4-6cm broad, mostly clustered at the ends of the branches. Flowers large, 4-6cm across, fragrant, in terminal clusters, mostly waxy textured, whitish in color with yellow centers. Fruit big bifollicled. Seeds small, many. Flowering in spring.
Cultivated in sandy-clay places, gardens, roadsides near sea beaches and homes.
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