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What is the name of this flower? See link below. We saw these planted at a hotel in Puerto Rico. Thanks!?
In Hawaii it is called plumeria. In other parts of the world, they call it frangipani.
Reply:Botanical name: Plumeria obtusa
- [ (ploo-MEER-ee-uh) referring to a plume or feather; (ob-TOO-suh) blunt ]
Family: Apocynaceae (dogbane, or oleander family)
- [ (a-pos-ih-NAY-see-ay) from the Greek apo (away from or away with) and kuon (dog) ]
Reply:It's a cultivar of a plant named Plumeria or Frangipani.
It's a relative of the Oleander plant and is extremely poisonous.
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