Golden Trumpet Vine
Allamanda cathartica
Also known as Common Allamanda
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Allamanda cathartica
- Genus
- Allamanda
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Tropical America; Cultivated in other parts of the world
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh
- 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
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Golden Trumpet Vine itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Bengali
- অলকানন্দা
- Telugu
- అల్లెనంద తీగ
- Kannada
- ಪೊಕ್ಕು ಆಟ
- Malayalam
- കോളാമ്പി, Allamanda cathartica
About Golden Trumpet Vine
A member of the Apocynaceae family, Golden Trumpet Vine (Allamanda cathartica) is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 17 other states. It grows in garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Golden Trumpet Vine belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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