<P> These are now common naturalised plants in southern and southeastern Asia . In local folk beliefs they provide shelter to ghosts and demons . The scent of the plumeria has been associated with a vampire in Malay folklore, the pontianak; frangipani trees are often planted in cemeteries . They are associated with temples in both Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cultures . </P> <P> In several Pacific islands, such as Tahiti, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, New Zealand, Tonga, and the Cook Islands plumeria species are used for making leis . In modern Polynesian culture, the flower can be worn by women to indicate their relationship status--over the right ear if seeking a relationship, and over the left if taken . </P> <P> Plumeria rubra is the national flower of Nicaragua, where it is known under the local name "sacuanjoche" and plumeria alba is the national flower of Laos, where it is known under the local name champa . </P> <P> In some Bengali culture most white flowers, and, in particular, plumeria (Bengali, চম্পা chômpa or চাঁপা chãpa), are associated with funerals and death . In the Philippines and Indonesia, plumeria, which is known in Tagalog as Kalachuchi or Kalatsutsi (Plumeria acuminata), often is associated with ghosts and graveyards . Plumerias often are planted on cemetery grounds in both countries . They are also common ornamental plants in houses, parks, parking lots, etc. in the Philippines . Balinese Hindus use the flowers in their temple offerings . </P>

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