| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Apocynaceae |
| Synonym | Plumeria acuminata R. Br. |
| Local Name | Ezha Chempakam |
| Common Name | Pagoda tree |
| Origin | Tropical America |
| Botanical Features | Deciduous trees, to 10 m high. Leaves simple, alternate spiral, clustered; latex milky, estipulate; petiole 6-8 cm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 20-43 x 7-10 cm, obovate-spathulate, base cuneate, apex acuminate or acute, margin entire, glabrous, subcoriaceous; lateral nerves to 40 pairs, parallel, prominent, flowers bisexual, in terminal corymbose stout cymes; pink or cream with yellow centre; fruit an aggregate of 2 follicle,seeds winged. |
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