Species profile

Accepted name
Plumeria rubra L. Species
Common names
Chelilairangebard, Frangipani, frangipani pink, Mexican Plumeria, nosegay, pagoda-tree, red fragipani, red paucipan, red plume, red-jasmine, templetree
Kingdom
Plantae
Division
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Plumeria
Habitat
Terrestrial
IUCN Red List
Least concern
Distribution
East Africa; Galápagos Islands; Caribbean; Cape Verde Isl. [I]; Guinea [I]; Burkina Faso [I]; Benin [I]; Cameroon [I]; São Tomé [I]; Chad [I]; Mozambique [I]; St. Helena [I]; Madagascar [I]; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Îles Éparses] [c] (Juan de Nova Isl. [c]); China [I] (Fujian [I], Guangdong [I], Guangxi [I], Hainan [I], Yunnan [I]); Taiwan [I]; Bhutan [I]; India [I] (widespread); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Maldives [I]; Bangladesh [I]; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Myanmar [I]; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; Philippines [I]; Philippines [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); New Caledonia [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga [I]; Tonga [I]; Niue [I]; Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; Tuvalu [I] (Nui Atoll [I]); Tokelau [I] (Swains Isl. [I]); Gilbert Isl. (Tarawa [I], Nonouti [I]); Nauru [I]; N-Line Isl. [I] (Teraina [I], Tabueran [I], Kiritimati [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (widespread, incl. Rarotonga [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Raiatea [I], Huahine [I], Tetiaroa Atoll [I]); Tuamotu Arch. (Makatea Isl. [I]); Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Rangiroa Atoll [I], Takapoto Atoll [I]); Palau (Koror [I], Sonsorol [I], Tobi [I]); Northern Marianas (Anatahan [I], Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia (Ulithi [I], Fais [I], Eauripik [I], Woleai [I], Faraulep [I], Ifalik [I], Lamotrek [I], Satawal [I], Puluwat [I], Namonuito [I], Nomwin [I], Truk [I], Moen [I], Dublon [I], Uman [I], Piis [I], Nama [I], Namoluk [I], Etal [I], Satawan [I], Nukuoro [I], Kapingamarangi [I], Pohnpei [I], Mokil [I], Pingelap [I], Kosrae [I]); Marshall Isl. [I] (Utirik [I], Ujae [I], Lae [I], Kwajalein [I], Ailuk [I], Jemo [I], Likiep [I], Arno [I], Ailinglapalap [I], Majuro [I], Arno [I], Jaluit [I]); Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas); Guatemala; Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas [c]; Cuba [c]; Cayman Isl. [c]; Jamaica [c]; Hispaniola [c]; Puerto Rico [c]; Virgin Isl. [c] (St. Croix [c], St. John [c], St. Thomas [c], Tortola [c], Virgin Gorda [c]); St. Martin/St. Maarten [c]; St. Barthélémy [c]; Saba [c]; St. Eustatius [c]; St. Kitts [c]; Guadeloupe [c]; Dominica [c]; Martinique [c]; St. Lucia [c]; Grenadines [c]; St. Vincent [c]; Grenada [c]; Trinidad [c]; Colombia [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]; Argentina [I]; Armenia | Yopal | Leticia | Manizales
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 209.

Media and observations

Central and South America (Checklist of introduced taxa in Cyprus)

México a Perú (Especies presentes en el catálogo virtual del Tropicario del Jardín Botánico de Bogotá)

GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-10-05. Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/3169674 https://www.gbif.org/species/3169674 · Last updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:30 AM