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Plumeria species are native to the Neotropical realm in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and northwestern South America. They are often grown as ornamental plants in tropical regions. Plumeria alba is native to Puerto Rico and the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean. Plumeria rubra is originally native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia and Venezuela. Plumeria obtusa is native to the West Indies, southern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.

Absolutes are similar to essential oils but have a higher concentration, up to 80-90% of aromatic substances, and lower volatility. Hydrodistilled flower oil of Plumeria obtusa from peninsular Malaysia is rich in benzyl salicylate and benzyl benzoate, with minute concentrations of alkanoic acids. Hydrodistilled flower oil of pink-flowered Plumeria rubra is devoid of benzyl salicylate and benzyl benzoate and rich in alkanoic acids. The oil of orange-flowered Plumeria rubra contained benzyl salicylate, benzyl benzoate, 2-phenylethyl benzoate and alkanoic acids in significant amounts. That cultivar had the highest concentrations of (E)-nerolidol and geraniol among the species studied.

The flowers of Plumeria rubra are used to scent coconut oil. In Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, New Zealand, Tonga and the Cook Islands, Plumeria species are used for making leis. Plumeria rubra is the national flower of Nicaragua, where it is known under the local name sacuanjoche.

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