Wednesday 30 December 2009

Frangipani


Common name: White Plumeria, White Frangipani ,Champa 

White frangipani has beautiful white flowers with yellow centers.  Also known as the Lei Flower. Frangipani is well-known for its intensely fragrant, lovely, spiral-shaped blooms which appear at branch tips.

Photographed at Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad.


 The red frangipani is beautiful too.  This one was photographed by Sa at Gachibowli, Hyderabad.

Botanical name: Plumeria alba     Family: Apocynaceae (oleander family)

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