Species · genus Plumeria · Apocynaceae
Frangipani
Plumeria rubra L.
Also known as: Pagoda-tree · Red-jasmine · Templetree · Chelilairangebard · Frangipani Pink
Cultivars of P. rubra
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under P. rubra yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
Plumeria rubra is a deciduous, drought-adapted shrub or small tree that grows from thick, water-storing stems, so it wants strong direct light and gritty, fast-draining mix. Let the soil dry well down before watering — approach dry, then water deeply — and ease off sharply if it drops its leaves and rests. Overwatering a dormant or resting stem is the main way it rots.
Care recipe
The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.
Care notes are early — not yet verified
- Light
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Water
- ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
Direct sun
≈ every 14 days
Medium
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Toxic to cats & dogs & humans
Apocynaceae typically carry cardiac glycosides and an irritant milky latex. This is where toxicity lives: every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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No reference gallery yet
A few clear photos — habit, a mature leaf, a flower if it blooms — would give this page its eyes.
Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (family inference)
Kept true by its growers
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