Plumeria

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Plumeria
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Copyright: manee makkala (makkala) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 40 W: 0 N: 43] (1290)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-07
Categories: Flowers
Exposure: f/3.5, 1/350 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flower(Yellow)II [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-05-16 7:08
Viewed: 355
Points: 2
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The genus, originally spelled Plumiera, is named in honor of the seventeenth-century French botanist Charles Plumier, who traveled to the New World documenting many plant and animal species. The common name "Frangipani" comes from an Italian noble family, a sixteenth-century marquess of which invented a plumeria-scented perfume.

In Mexico, the Nahuatl (Aztec language) name for this plant is "cacalloxochitl" which means "crow flower." It was used for many medicinal purposes such as salves and ointments.

Depending on location, many other common names exist: "Kembang Kamboja" in Indonesia, "Temple Tree" or "Champa" in India, "Kalachuchi" in the Philippines, "Araliya" or "Pansal Mal" in Sri Lanka, "Champa" in Laos, "Lantom" or "Leelaawadee" in Thai. Many English speakers also simply use the generic name "plumeria".

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Hi Manee,

Not a macro shot & it lacks some details of the flowers. Still they are shown in their naturality.

TFS,

Subhayan.

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