Frangipani – The Rich Perfume Flower
Frangipani – The Rich Perfume Flower
We transit from one season to other, by changing our wardrobe clothes, and sometimes even our favorite perfume. We look forward to exploring new things and trends and transitioning ourselves with the world. I am one such person who can go mad to have the best range of perfume in her possession. I stay passionate about learning and growing such flowers with magnificent scents.
Once while looking for the latest trends on the Internet, I came across this rich perfume flower, Frangipani. There are plenty of Frangipani trees in my society that blooms beautifully to enhance the look of the streets. So, let me enlighten you regarding this popular flower with an iconic fragrance.
Frangipani: The Habitat
Frangipani (Botanical name- Plumeria) is a perennial flowering plant native to warm tropical regions of South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Islands. However, they are also grown in temperate regions.
Its height can vary from 5-32 feet. And it is available in different varieties depending on the petal colors, that range from deep crimson or pale pink to white, orange, and yellow.
History and Facts About Frangipani
1. It is popular for being a storehouse of perfume ingredients since the 16th century.
2. Frangipani is the national flower of Nicaragua and gets featured in their notes.
3. It is also called the Hawaiian Lei flower.
4. It symbolizes immortality in India and is known for its healing qualities in Vietnam.
Available Varieties of Frangipani
A. Frangipani White: It appears light yellow and then fades to display a rich cream color while aging.
B. Frangipani Darwin Petite Pink: It is dwarf Frangipani and perfect for hedging. It offers a pale pink and white mixed color with excellent perfume.
C. Fruit Salad Frangipani: If you desire multiple colors in your Frangipani, then this one will be your ideal choice. The Fruit Salad variety has red and pink margins, a yellow eye, and a pink neck.
D. Darwin blood red frangipani: The flowers are blood red, and the perfume is so mesmerizing that anyone will fall in love.
E. Bali whirl frangipani: Bali whirl is a double-petalled frangipani with exclusive perfume and petals in yellow with edges in white.
F. Darwin blues frangipani: It is a beautifully scented variety of frangipani with mesmerizing light blue petals.
G. Little rainbow frangipani: This variety is found in Australia and is a tri-color frangipani. Petals are pink in color with a brown center.
H. Singapore white frangipani: It is the commonly found Frangipani with pure white and yellow color.
I. Pink frangipani: It has two varieties. One is with pale pink and yellow center, and the other is dark pink with an orange center.
J. Black Jack red frangipani: Many misunderstood it as Darwin blood red frangipani, but here the color is richer than blood red with dark foliage.
K. Darwin yellow frangipani:It is one of the most loved scented flowers with an outer ridge of light yellow, which turns deep yellow toward the center.
Other Uses Of Frangipani
Apart from being used as a common perfume ingredient, you will find its application in fragranced soaps, oils, candles, and potpourris. They have anti-inflammatory properties and are used to cure high blood pressure, cough, fever, and skin diseases.
And in countries like India and Bali, the flowers are considered sacred and used in religious ceremonies.
Caring Tips For Frangipani
i) Deadheading and feeding: they don’t require any deadheading or pruning but would require an adequate amount of fertilizer now and then.
ii) Protection: In the cool and wet weather, roots, branches, and tip roots are at risk due to fungus.
iii) Watering: You must water Frangipani in spring and summer only. You can restrict watering in cool weather.
There is more to know about the Frangipani flower, famous for its fragrant bright-colored petals. If you wish to have a full-bloom flower tree in your garden with an extraordinary scent to mesmerize, choose Frangipani.
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I love Frangipani and you are right, they grow from 5-32 feet. I have seen huge trees and little ones, at KBR Park where I go for my morning walk. I thought there is only white and pink frangipani but you have showed so many other types. Thank you for that.
In Hyderabad a bar is named as Firangipani 🙂
I loved the fragrance of frangipani. it was great to know more about this beautiful flower with your post. loved your theme for A2Z. wishing you all the best dear for A2Z participation. I am not participating this year and missing all the fun around A2Z.
I love frangipani, and was unaware of just the sheer amount of benefits they have and the lovely shades they come in. This was a very interesting deep dive into it’s history and story.
I do use perfumes but don’t have any obsessions in this regard. but, it feels great to see how much you love perfumes and how you enriched us with the perfume flower Frangipani and perfumes from them. Frangipani as a perennial flowering plant is something that caught my eyes and I searched about it. Really I got enlightened because of your post.
I have only seen a few varieties of frangipani n I love their look n colours… your post made me aware of the others Samata… thank yiu fir that. I’m gonna look them up. I don’t like the natural fragrance of flowers… they make me giddy but like u, I too m a perfume person… I love to collect fragrances. I’m gonna checkout frangipani fragrances.
The white and yellow ones grow abundantly in my neighbourhood. I really like the fragrance. And now, thanks to your post, I know all about it in detail. So important to know your flora.
I grew up on the IISc campus and the place which was our adda / place to hang out had a lot of these trees. They are called Temple Tree too. The heady smell is something else and only a few varieties have it. Even in my society there are these trees, though not ones with the fragrance. I have a small tree in my little balcony garden as well….planted in memory of our first dog Scotty after we lost him.
They look so pretty! The fruit salad firangipani caught my attention and not just the name but the colours are also attractive. It must be so pretty to watch these bloom and fill the surrounding with colours.
Wow, Samata, I am also very fond of perfume and iris. But I never researched this much. Now I know what to gift you from Oman whenever I get the chance to meet you😄.
Thanks for sharing this interesting information with us! Frangipani is truly a fascinating flower with a rich history and cultural significance, and it’s always great to learn more about it.Frangipani truly is a remarkable flower, with its rich history and diverse cultural significance. Its popularity as a perfume ingredient for centuries is a testament to its delightful fragrance. It’s fascinating to see how this flower holds different meanings and uses in various parts of the world, from being the national flower of Nicaragua symbolizingng immortality in India.
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I always enjoy reading your well-researched posts. I learn something new every time. We have quite a few Frangipani trees in our colony. I save seen a few varieties but didn’t know there are so many of them. I loved the same fruit salad.
I love these flowers but never knew their name. Thanks for enlightening me through your posts. I will surely try out a perfume based on the Frangipani flowers.
I have not deeply been into frangipani, however this information is worth and definitely going to research deep into hereafter.
I never seen this tree though I love frangipani perfume. With your blog post get to know so much knowledge in details. I want to participate in AtoZ but unable. All the best.
Even we have plenty of these trees around us. The flowers are really beautiful. I haven’t smelt them yet, though.
Frangipani is such an exotic and beautiful flower with a heady fragrance. But I was totally unaware of its diverse uses and its significance in various countries and cultures. Thanks for sharing these amazing details of Frangipani.
The way you wrote about the flower that is used in perfumes in a full fleged and detailed makes the post informative long read.
I could really agree with this flower being smelling great! There’s lots of them here in Singapore and you’ll know you’re near one when the atmosphere suddenly smells great! I appreciate learning more about this flower.
I was unaware of it also being called Frangipani. I had always known it as Naag Champa or Plumeria. I am absolutely in love with this flower and have 3 variations in my garden (the white one with yellow borders, crimson/red and the pink yellow and white combo). They are the pride of my lawn.
I have this flower in my garden…we call it kath gulab.. i love this flower so much but never knew such details. thanks di.
Oh I’ve seen a lot like these around. So nice to know so much about such a simple looking flower. Great research.
Frangipani is one of my favourite flowers. Having an intense interest in Botany, I had researched about its variants when I was very young. I am still confused whether my favourite is Plumeria alba or its magenta sister Plumeria rubra.
You know what, I actually do have a perfume named firangi pani. Don’t remember the brand exactly but got it from my Dubai trip last year. I was completely unaware about this flower. Thanks for the detailed explanation.
Wow. I have seen this flower in some resorts. My mother in-law tried to plant them here but it seems our climate didn’t suit them. I love how a different shade of color is found in the middle
I love the flowers but honestly I did not know there we’re so many types and that they all smelled different your posts are so informative and relaxing
Thank you for sharing this
There was a frangipani tree right outside my grandparents’ home and the fragrance was intoxicating. Thank you for sharing about the different types. Learned something new today.
I didn’t know anything about this flower. Quite an educational post!