closeup view small plumeria tree with white blossoms the big island hawaii

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Closeup view small plumeria tree with white blossoms on the Big Island, Hawaii.

Pictured is a closeup view of the white blossoms of a small plumeria tree on the Big Island, Hawaii. Plumeria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. Most species are deciduous shrubs or small trees. The species variously are endemic to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and as far south as Brazil and north as Florida, but are grown as cosmopolitan ornamentals in warm regions.