✿Apocynaceae · Allamanda
Purple Allamanda
Allamanda blanchetii
ShruboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Allamanda blanchetii
- Genus
- Allamanda
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Goa, Kerala, West Bengal, Telangana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Tripura, Haryana, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Meghalaya, Delhi, Puducherry
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Apocynaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- PurplerecordedPurple or violet
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Purple Allamanda itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Purple Allamanda
Purple Allamanda (Allamanda blanchetii) belongs to the Apocynaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and 22 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Purple Allamanda belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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