- 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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