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Allamanda schottii Pohl

Bush allamanda (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Allamanda

Characteristics

Shrubs erect, to 2 m tall, with clear sap. Leaves in whorls of 3-5, subsessile; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly obovate, 5-14 X 2-4 cm, minutely hispid along veins; lateral veins elevated on abaxial surface. Flowers 4-6 cm. Corolla tube rather narrowly funnelform, ca. 3 cm, distinctly swollen at base, limb ca. 4 cm in diam.; lobes pale yellow, ovate or orbicular, ca. 2 cm, obtuse. Capsules globose, ca. 3 cm in diam., long spiny. Seeds ca. 2 X 1.5 cm. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Oct-Dec. 2n = 18.
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Trees or shrubs or climbers. Leaves opposite or in whorls. Flowers: corolla tube yellow, infundibuliform, > 3.5 cm long, lower, narrow corolla tube much shorter than upper, wider corolla tube; anthers without appendages; sepals with colleters inside.
Leaves like those of Nerium; flowers small, yellow. Allamanda have very spiny subglobose fruits.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.9 - 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Ascites (bark), Jaundice (flower), Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Antineoplastic agents (leaf), Cathartics (leaf), Colic (leaf), Hypotension (leaf), Inhibit mycelium (leaf), Cathartics (root), Fever (root), Hypotension (root), Cathartics (stem), Emetic (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Leukemia (unspecified), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Antinematodal agents (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Snake bites (unspecified), Wounds and injuries (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Allamanda schottii flower picture by Luciano Caldas Felipe (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Allamanda schottii fruit picture by Flor Alex (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Allamanda schottii world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), French Guiana, Honduras, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mexico, Myanmar, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76487-1
WFO ID wfo-0000943361
COL ID BT2J
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 452487
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Allamanda neriifolia Allamanda brasiliensis Allamanda cathartica Allamanda magnifica Allamanda cathartica var. schottii Allamanda schottii
WorldFloraDB 2024