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Allamanda cathartica
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Allamanda cathartica L., Mant. 2:214. 1771; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 821(577). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 161. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 255. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 226. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 281. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 244. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 408. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 295. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 406. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 315. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 418. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 526. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Manjakolambi, Kolaambi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Golden trumpet, Common allamanda
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Description:
Straggling shrubs. Leaves whorled, 6-11 x 3-6 cm, elliptic or broadly oblong, base acute or attenuate, apex acuminate, subcoriaceous, lateral veins 12-14 pairs; petiole to 5 mm long. Flowers in terminal or axillary short-peduncled cymes. Calyx 5-partite; lobes c. 1.5 x 0.5 cm, obovate-acute. Corolla yellow, 5-7 cm across, funnel-shaped; tube 4-6 cm long, inflated above the middle, throat densely villous; lobes 5, orbicular. Stamens 5, included in the basal constricted part of corolla tube; anthers subsessile, c. 5 mm long, sagittate, mucronate. Ovary bilocular; stigma ovoid with a basal ring like appendage.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America; now naturalised in the tropics of the world
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pappinisseri, Punnapra, Arikode
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