Family
– Apocynaceae
Synonym
– 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
Vernacular
names – Manjakolambi; Kolaambi
Habit
– Shrub
Habitat
– Grown as garden plant
Distribution
– Native of Tropical America; now naturalised in the tropics of
the world
Flowering
and Fruiting – Throughout the year
Key Identification Features – This
straggling shrub has elliptic or broadly oblong leaves arranged in whorls. The
leaves are slightly leathery. The yellow, funnel-shaped flowers have a tube
inflated above the middle and 5 orbicular lobes. Stamens are included in the
basal constricted part of the corolla tube.
Uses – It is a garden plant
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