In Mesoamerica Plumerias have carried complex symbolic significance for over 2000 years, with striking examples from the Maya and Aztec periods into the present. These are now common naturalised plants in southern and southeastern Asia. In the Philippines and Indonesia, Plumeria, which is known in Tagalog as Kalachuchi, often is associated with ghosts and graveyards. Plumerias are common ornamental plants in houses, parks, parking lots, etc.