Plumeria flowers, leaves, bark and latex are all extracted and used medicinally as antioxidant, antiulcer, antitumor, antimicrobial, abortifacient, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, anthelmintic, antipyretic, antifertility, and hypolipidemic, as it is reported to possess some important biological activities.
Frangipani (Plemeria rubra) Did you know that Frangipani or Plemeria rubra and Plemeraalba, of the genus Plumeria, though a native of Mexico, is grown throughout the tropical and subtropical world, and has eight species in India commonly known as "Red Frangipani" and also as "White Frangipani"? Plumeria is native to Mexico and other regions of Central America and is known by its nine species of which Plumeria rubra, Plumeria alba, Plumeria obtusa, and Plumeria pudica are grown throughout the world now. The common name “frangipani” comes from an Italian noble family, a sixteenth-century marquess, which invented a plumeria-scented perfume. The genus name honors Charles Plumier, who was a French monk of the Franciscan order, and a botanist. In India, Plumeria flowers are identified in its known 8 species, and have beautiful colours and fragrance, symbolising natural beauty. Popularly, it is called Frangipani; and as Pagoda tree; Temple tre...
