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Allamanda cathartica

Scientific Name
Allamanda cathartica
Family Name
Apocynaceae
Common Names
Allamanda
Local Names
Ghanta phul (Bangladesh), Lame areuy, akar chempaka hutan (Indonesia),Akar chempaka hutan, akar chempaka kuning, bunga akar kuning (Malaysia), Kampanilya(tagalog) (Philippines)
Description
A robust climbing shrub up to 6m tall, branchles glabrous; leaves elliptical to obovate,2.5-15cm x 1-5cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate to caudate, glabrous or pilosebeneath; inflorescence 8.5-18cm long, sepals lanceolate or narrowly elliptical, 10-17mm x 3-4mm, without colleters inside, corolla tube about 3.5cm long; in cultivationrarely fruiting. (Indonesia)
A robust climbing shrub up to 6m tall, branchlets glabrous; leaves elliptical to obovate,2.5-15cm x 1-5cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate to caudate, glabrous or pilosebeneath; inflorescence 8.5-18cm long, sepals lanceolate or narrowly elliptical, 10-17mm x 3-4mm, without colleters inside, corolla tube about 5-7cm long, distinctlywidened halfway, lobes 1.6-4cm long, style with stigmatic pistil head about 3.5cmlong; in cultivation rarely fruiting. In its native area, Allamanda cathartica is found inmangrove swamp and on riverbanks. Several cultivars have been developed inAllamanda cathartica. ’Grandiflora’ has flowers of exceptional size, ’Hendersonii’ hasorange-yellow flowers with white spots in throat, tinged bronze, lobes thick and waxy,and ’Nobilis’ has large and strongly whorled leaves, with very large, pure gold flowers.(Malaysia)
A robust climbing shrub, branchlets glabrous; leaves elliptical to obovate;inflorescence 8.5-18cm long; rarely fruits. One cultivar has orange-yellow flowers;another cultivar has gold flowers. (Philippines)
Uses
Hydragogue, ascites, laxative (Bangladesh)
Purgative, emetic, antidote, cough, headache, purgative (Indonesia)
Emetic, antidote, poisoning, cough, headache, purgative, febrifuge, jaundice, spleen,malaria (Malaysia)
Colic, purgative (Philippines)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Indonesia - Manoko
Philippines - Central Luzon State University
Remarks
Allamanda cathartica (GRIN)

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