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Plumeria obtusa L.
Tree
with white latex; bark irregularly ridged; twigs relatively coarse,
often arched gracefully and upturned at the leafy tip; leaves
short-petioled, widest towards the apex (narrowly obovate); flower
clusters intermixed with the leaves; flowers white, with five
corolla lobes diverging from the apex of the floral tube; fruit
cylindrical, more or less curved.
Images at left and below photographed at Flamingo Lakes Resort.
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Tree
with white latex; bark irregularly ridged; twigs relatively coarse,
often arched gracefully and upturned at the leafy tip; leaves
short-petioled, widest towards the apex (narrowly obovate); flower
clusters intermixed with the leaves; flowers white, with five
corolla lobes diverging from the apex of the floral tube; fruit
cylindrical, more or less curved. 