Allamanda cathartica L.

 
  • Family : APOCYNACEAE
    (Dogbane Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Allamanda aubletii Pohl; Allamanda cathartica var. grandiflora L.H.Bailey & Raffill; Allamanda cathartica var. hendersonii (W.Bull ex Dombrain) L.H.Bailey & Raffill; Allamanda cathartica var. williamsii (Anon.) L.H.Bailey; Allamanda chelsonii K.Koch; Allamanda grandiflora (Aubl.) Lam.; Allamanda hendersonii Hend.; Allamanda latifolia C.Presl; Allamanda linnaei Pohl; Allamanda wardleyana Jacob-Makoy; Allamanda williamsii Anon.; Echites verticillatus Sessé & Moc.; Orelia grandiflora Aubl.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Allamanda cathartica L.
  • Common name : Golden Trumpet Vine, Common allamanda
  • Vernacular name :
    • Manjal-patti (Tamil)
    • Manjakolambi, Kolaambi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Liana
  • Habitat : Garden plant
  • Comments / notes : Grown in gardens as an ornmental bush, sometimes as an escape.
  • Key identification features : Scandent shrubs with milky latex; Leaves thick, leathery, with thine wiry stem, leaves ovate-lanceolate; Flowers in axillary panicled cymes, bright yellow, showy; Capsules spiny.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Andhra Pradesh
    • Goa : Goa
    • Karnataka : Karnataka
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Maharashtra
    • Odisha : Odisha
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Lakshadweep : Kavaratti Islands, Minicoy Islands
  • Native : Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Tropical America; Cultivated in other parts of the world
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • K. Sankara Rao 2009. Flowering Plants of IISc, A Field Guide.
    • C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 151
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Allamanda cathartica. Downloaded on 15 October 2024.

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