Thai Botanic · Project plant supply
Plumeria obtusa
Plumeria obtusa supplied from Thailand for landscape projects. Evergreen frangipani with scented white flowers for courtyards and pool surrounds.
Singapore frangipani, white frangipani · Apocynaceae · Evergreen small tree
The evergreen frangipani. Glossy, rounded dark leaves held year-round beneath clusters of pure white flowers with a yellow throat, heavily scented in the evening. Where Plumeria rubra stands bare through the dry season, this one keeps its foliage — which makes it the easier of the two to place in a scheme that must look complete all year.
Specification
| Mature height | 3–8 m |
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| Crown spread | 3–6 m (indicative) |
| Caliper range supplied | 5–22 cm standard, measured 1 m above soil level. Larger by arrangement. |
| Root-ball diameter | 50–100 cm (indicative) |
| Growth rate | Slow |
| Habit | Evergreen in a warm climate; holds foliage through the dry season |
| Flowering | White with a yellow throat, strongly scented; long season |
Landscape use
Courtyards, pool surrounds, entrances, temple and hotel grounds, and raised planters. Its slow growth and modest scale make it dependable close to buildings and hard landscape, where a larger tree would outgrow the space.
The white and yellow flowers read cleanly against the dark evergreen foliage, and the evening scent makes it particularly effective near terraces and walkways used after dark. As with others in its family the sap is a milky latex, so gloves are usual when pruning.
Site tolerance
| Drought | High — succulent branches store water |
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| Salinity | Moderate to high — used in coastal gardens |
| Wind | Moderate — brittle branches, best with some shelter |
| Soil | Sharp drainage essential. Dislikes wet ground. |
| Heat | Very high |
| USDA zone | 10–12 |
Export notes
Supplied root-balled and wrapped. Among the most forgiving species in transit — it tolerates a dry root ball far better than most. Phytosanitary certification accompanies every shipment. See export and compliance, and how the root ball is built, wrapped and loaded for the container on our nursery site.
For available sizes and current stock in this species, message us on WhatsApp at +66 93 425 9892 or email contact@thaibotanic.com — or browse the species catalogue. This is one of the species we grow and supply regularly. If you are working to a programme, send the planting schedule and we will plan lifting and shipping around it. Where a design calls for something outside our usual range, we source it through the nursery network we have worked with for years, given reasonable notice.
Supply grades
| Grade | Overall height | Clear trunk | Spread | Caliper (min) | Grown in | Root ball |
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| Small | 1500 mm | 1000 mm | 500 mm | 30 mm | 40 L | 100% coco peat |
| Medium | 2000 mm | 1000 mm | 750 mm | 50 mm | 100 L | 100% coco peat |
| Large | 2500 mm | 1500 mm | 1000 mm | 80 mm | 200 L | 100% coco peat |
| Extra large | 5000 mm | 1500 mm | 3000 mm | 100 mm | 600 L | 30% cleaned soil / 70% coco peat |