Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Large

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical dry forest

Range

Central and South America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

This plant grows in the tropical forests of Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela. Its spoon-shaped leaves can rotate to track the sun and maximize light absorption.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Plumeria

Species

Plumeria pudica