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Allamanda cathartica L.

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Allamanda cathartica L.
Allamanda cathartica L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAllamanda aubletii Pohl
synonymAllamanda cathartica var. grandiflora L.H.Bailey & Raffill
synonymAllamanda cathartica var. hendersonii (W.Bull ex Dombr.) L.H.Bailey & Raffill
synonymAllamanda cathartica var. williamsii (auct.) L.H.Bailey
synonymAllamanda chelsonii K.Koch
synonymAllamanda grandiflora (Aubl.) Lam.
synonymAllamanda hendersonii Bull. ex Dombr.
synonymAllamanda latifolia C.Presl
synonymAllamanda linnaei Pohl
synonymAllamanda schottii Hook.
synonymAllamanda wardleyana Lebas
synonymAllamanda williamsii Hort.
synonymEchites salicifolius Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
synonymEchites verticillatus Sessé & Moc.
synonymOrelia grandiflora Aubl.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Ghanta-phul
English
  • Allamanda Vine
  • Golden trumpet
  • Golden Trumpet Vine
Hindi
  • Pilaghanti
Kannada
  • Arasinhu
Malayalam
  • Kolaambi
Marathi
  • Pivlee ghunti
Other
  • Allamanda
  • Angel's Trumpet
  • Brownbud
  • Bunga Akar Kuning
  • Buttercup Flower
  • Buttercup Flowers
  • Golden Trumpet
  • Golden Trumpet Vine
  • Llamarada
  • Wilkens-bita
  • Yellow Allamanda
  • Yellow Bell
Tamil
  • Allamanda
Telugu
  • Allenandatheega
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Diagnostic Keys
No Data
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Flowering: May - August
Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
Contributors 
admin
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Morphology
    An ever green scandent shrub; branches circular, smooth and green. Leaves in whorls of 4 or opposite, oblong, obovate or oblanceolate, 6-10 x 3-4 cm, acuminate, cuneate, ± coriaceous, penni-nerved, entire, glabrous above, pilose on nerves beneath; petiole short c. 5 mm long. Inflorescence axillary or a terminal cymose panicle, bracts deciduous. Flower showy, bright yellow. c. 8 cm in diameter. Sepals 5, lanceolate-ovate, acuminate, glabrous, c. 7-10 mm long. Corolla tube c.2.5 cm long, throat infundibuliform, c. 1.25 cm in diameter, lobes orbricular-rotundate c. 3.5 x 4 cm, glabrous. Stamens inserted in the throat, acute, c. 3.5 mm long; filament very short; style c. 2.5 cm long, filiform; fruit a globose-subglobose prickly capsule, c. 2-3 cm long, prickles soft, c. 7.5 mm long, seeds many, obovate, flat winged.
    Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
    Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
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      📚 Habitat and Distribution
      General Habitat
      Cultivated
      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        Description
        Global Distribution

        India: Cultivated; Tropical America

        Local Distribution

        Throughout Assam

        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Global Distribution

          Native: Bolivia, Brazil (North, Northeast, South, Southeast, West-Central), Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela Introduced: Bangladesh, Belize, Caroline Is., China Southeast, Cook Is., East Himalaya, El Salvador, Gabon, Gilbert Is., Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Madagascar, Malaya, Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Zimbabwe

          Indian Distribution

          Andaman Is., Across india

          Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
          Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Occurrence
            No Data
            📚 Uses and Management
            Uses

            System of Medicines Used In

            Folk medicine
            Folk medicine
            System Of Medicines Used In

            Folk medicine

            FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3305
            Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3305
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              No Data
              📚 Information Listing
              References
              1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3305
              1. Botanical Survey of India. http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=1824 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              2. http://www.aravindhherbal.com/allamanda-cathartica.html (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              3. Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh. http://www.mpbd.info/plants/allamanda-cathartica.php (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              4. JSTOR - Global Plants database. https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/allamanda.cathartica (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              5. Flowers of India. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Golden%20Trumpet%20Vine.html (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              6. Plants of the World Online. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319065-2 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              7. ENVIS Center on Medicinal Plants. http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/bf1f7556b30bd2bfa5026280e66ebd1a/5366b161a234ec704381118a2edc7655 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              8. Sawant, D., B. Sarkar. 2018. Plants — Allamanda-cathartica. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.39. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
              9. Flora of Pakistan. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=210000031 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              10. NParks Flora&FaunaWeb. https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=1303 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              11. http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/flora/1152/Allamanda-cathartica"
              Information Listing > References
              1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3305
              2. Botanical Survey of India. http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/speciesDesc_PCL.action?species_id=1824 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              3. http://www.aravindhherbal.com/allamanda-cathartica.html (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              4. Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh. http://www.mpbd.info/plants/allamanda-cathartica.php (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              5. JSTOR - Global Plants database. https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/allamanda.cathartica (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              6. Flowers of India. http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Golden%20Trumpet%20Vine.html (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              7. Plants of the World Online. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319065-2 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              8. ENVIS Center on Medicinal Plants. http://envis.frlht.org/plantdetails/bf1f7556b30bd2bfa5026280e66ebd1a/5366b161a234ec704381118a2edc7655 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              9. Sawant, D., B. Sarkar. 2018. Plants — Allamanda-cathartica. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 2.39. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
              10. Flora of Pakistan. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=210000031 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              11. NParks Flora&FaunaWeb. https://florafaunaweb.nparks.gov.sg/special-pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=1303 (Accessed on 27 April 2018)
              12. http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/flora/1152/Allamanda-cathartica"

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              📚 Meta data
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              🐾 Taxonomy
              RootRoot
              KingdomPlantae
              PhylumTracheophyta
              ClassMagnoliopsida
              OrderGentianales
              FamilyApocynaceae
              GenusAllamanda
              SpeciesAllamanda cathartica L.
              📊 Temporal Distribution
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