frangipani

[Edit this paragraph] scientific name

Plumeria rubra 'Acutifolia'

[Edit this paragraph] Alias

Beat flowers, duck feet, Burmese flowers, wild flowers, and good flowers

Burmese gardenia, egg yolk flower, big season flower, Indian jasmine, the branches of Burmese gardenia are blunt and round-headed. In winter, when the leaves fall out, they are bare like antlers, so Burmese gardenia is also called "antlers tree".

[Edit this paragraph] Family and genus

Apocynaceae, Plumeria

[Edit this paragraph] Distribution of origin

Native to America and Mexico. China has introduced and cultivated it, and Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian and other provinces and regions have cultivated it. The Yangtze River basin and its northern region need to be cultivated in greenhouses.

About 7 species in the world. Originated in the West Indies and America, it has spread all over the world in tropical and subtropical areas. There are red plumeria, plumeria P. and 1 cultivars introduced and cultivated in China. Common cultivation in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan.

[Edit this paragraph] Morphological characteristics

Deciduous shrubs or small trees 4~5 meters high. The branches are thick and fleshy, and the branchlets are thick and fleshy; Leaves large, alternate, pinnate veins; Thick papery, mostly clustered at the top of the branch, and the veins are connected to one side near the leaf edge; Several flowers are clustered at the top of the branch, and the corolla is tubular (funnel-shaped), with a diameter of about 5-6 cm and 5-lobed; Five petals are formed by overlapping, like a paper windmill folded by children. It is milky white outside and bright yellow in the center, which is very similar to egg yolk wrapped by protein, hence its name and extremely fragrant smell. In addition, there are red and yellow colors. Plumeria blossoms in summer, fragrant and elegant; After the leaves fall, the bare trunk bends naturally and looks beautiful. Suitable for planting in courtyard and grassland, or potted. The fragrance of flowers can be extracted from spices, or dried for beverage processing, and can also be used for medicine.

Flowering period may ~1October. The fruit is a pair of raw clams; There are many seeds, with membranous wings at the top and no seed hair.

[Edit this paragraph] Growth habit

Sexually like an environment with high temperature and humidity, abundant sunshine and good drainage. Strong in nature, able to withstand drought, but afraid of cold, avoid waterlogging, like acidic soil, but also resistant to alkali. It is better to cultivate acidic sandy loam with deep fertility, good permeability and rich organic matter. The optimum temperature is 23℃ to 30℃, and it can withstand the extreme high temperature of 40℃ in summer. When the temperature is below 15℃, the plants begin to shed leaves and sleep until April next year. Leaves are susceptible to angular leaf spot, powdery mildew and scale insects.

[Edit this paragraph] Breeding mode

Cutting or layering propagation is very easy to survive.

[Edit this paragraph] Usage and purpose

In Xishuangbanna, China and some countries in Southeast Asia, plumeria is widely planted by Buddhist temples as one of the "five trees and six flowers", so it is also called "temple tree" or "tower tree". Plumeria is the best special dish for the enthusiastic Dai people in Xishuangbanna to entertain guests. In Hawaii, a tropical tourist resort, people like to string the picked plumeria into garlands as ornaments to wear, so plumeria is a holiday symbol of Hawaii.

Plumeria blossoms in summer, fragrant and elegant; After the leaves fall, the bare trunk bends naturally and looks beautiful. Suitable for planting in courtyard and grassland, or potted. The fragrance of flowers can be used to extract spices, or dried for making drinks and medicine, which has the effect of removing dampness. Wood is white, light and soft, and can be used to make musical instruments, tableware or furniture.

[Edit this paragraph] Medicinal frangipani

Medicinal name frangipani

Also known as gardenia, egg yolk flower, beating flower, duck foot wood, big season flower, Burmese flower, wild flower and good flower.

Chinese pinyin j and dà n hu ā

Latin plant and animal mineral name Plumeria rubra L.cv.Acutifolia

Meridian-returning lung; Large intestine meridian

Efficacy of clearing heat; Diuresis; Relieve summer heat

Textual research comes from Lingnan Herb Collection.

Family and genus classification Apocynaceae

Latin name Flos seu Cortex Plumeriae

Indications for colds and fever; Lung heat cough; Damp-heat jaundice; Diarrhea dysentery; Urinary calculi; Prevent heatstroke

Collect and store stems and skins in summer and autumn, and collect flowers in bloom, dry them or use them sparingly.

Resources are distributed in Fujian, Taiwan Province, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi and Yunnan. Originally from Mexico.

Small deciduous trees in animal and plant form, up to 5m high. The branches are thick and fleshy, and the whole plant has rich milk. Leaves alternate; Petiole is 4-7.5cm long, with glands at the upper base; The leaves are thick and papery, often clustered on the upper branches, oblong, oblanceolate or oblong, 20-40cm long and 7- 1 1cm wide, with a short tapering apex, a narrow wedge-shaped base and no hair on both sides; There are 30-40 lateral veins on each side, which do not reach the leaf margin network to form lateral veins. Terminal cymes, length 16-25cm, width15 cm; The total pedicel is trigeminal, long 1 1- 18cm, fleshy and green; Pedicel reddish; Calyx 5-lobed, lobes small, ovoid, not open but compact corolla tube; Corolla is white outside, yellow inside, lobes narrowly obovate, covered to the left, longer than corolla tube 1 times, corolla tube cylindrical, densely pilose inside, and throat without scales; Stamens 5, inserted at the base of corolla tube, filaments extremely short, anthers oblong; Carpels 2, free, style short, stigma oblong, constricted in the middle, apex 2-lobed. Kelp is twin, widely divergent, cylindrical, tapering towards the end, and about 1 1cm long. The seeds are obliquely oblong and flat, with oblong membranous wings at the apex, and the wings are about 2cm long. The flowering period is May-1October, and the fruiting period is usually July-1February. The cultivator seldom bears fruit.

Efficacy classification heat-clearing drugs; Summer-dispelling drug

Sweet in nature; Slightly bitter; Sexual coolness

Source "Chinese Materia Medica"

[Edit this paragraph] National flower city flower

It is the national flower of Laos. It is the city flower of Zhaoqing, Guangdong.

[Edit this paragraph] Huayu

Plumeria language: giving birth to hope, resurrection and rebirth.

Frangipani plumeria blooms from May to October. It has no mysterious legend, elegant temperament and noble fragrance, but it has a very simple appearance-a fresh and hopeful flower language composed of five petals. It is as simple as life, so it can always be so close to people and lose distance. ...