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Allamanda cathartica L.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Golden Trumpet
- Family: Apocynaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: South America
- Habitat:
- Description: Vigorous vine, to 50 feet long; leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-4, mostly oblanceolate to elliptic-oblong, to 4-6 inches long, short-acuminate, attenuate to a very short petiole; calyx lobes unequal, corolla bright yellow with a paler throat, to 5 inches across, narrowed below into a slender tube to 1 3/8 inches long and not swollen at base, lobes obovate and rounded; capsule about 1.5 inches in diameter with spines about 3/8 inch long.
Probably from northern South America but now widespread. The name Allamanda comes from Dr. F. Allamanda, a professor of natural history in Leyden in the latter part of the 18th Century. Known as Akar Chempaka Hutan, Bunga Akar Kuning in Malaysia All parts of the plant contain the iridoid lactone allamandin and may produce symptoms of vomiting or diarhea if ingested.
Restrictions:- Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
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 Accession Data:- Accession # 198500393
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 1317 - NEO:Andean Tropics C
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-16-2009
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Apocynaceae
- SubFamily: Rauvolfioideae
- Tribe: Plumerieae
- SubTribe:
References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
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