✿Apocynaceae · Plumeria
Champa / Temple Tree
Plumeria obtusa
Also known as White Champa, Dwarf Plumeria, Cyban Frangipini
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- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Plumeria obtusa
- Genus
- Plumeria
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- Central America
- Distribution
- Central America, from Mexico to Panama
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Haryana, Odisha, Puducherry, West Bengal, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Champa itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- गुलचीन Gulchin, चम्पा Champa
- Nepali
- चुवा (वनस्पति)
- Bengali
- Kathgolop
- Kannada
- ದೇವಕಣಗಿಲೆ Deva kanagile, ಬೆಟ್ಟದಕಣಗಿಲೆ Bettada kanagile, ಕಾಡುಸಂಪಿಗೆ Kaadu sampige
- Malayalam
- പ്ലമേറിയ ഒബ്റ്റുസ
- Sinhala
- සුදු අරලිය
About Champa
A member of the Apocynaceae family, Temple tree (Plumeria obtusa) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and 20 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Champa belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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