Allamanda Cathartica
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''Allamanda cathartica'', commonly called golden trumpet, common trumpetvine, and yellow allamanda, is a species of flowering plant in the family
Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (, from '' Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison. Notable mem ...
. It is native to
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, and widely
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elsewhere in the tropics. This plant is cited in ''
Flora Brasiliensis ''Flora Brasiliensis'' is a book published between 1840 and 1906 by the editors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, Ignatz Urban and many others. It contains taxonomic treatments of 22,767 species, mostly Brazilian angiosper ...
'' by
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. It does not twine, nor does it have
tendril In botany, a tendril is a specialized Plant stem, stem, leaf or Petiole (botany), petiole with a thread-like shape used by climbing plants for support and attachment, as well as cellular invasion by parasitic plants such as ''Cuscuta''. There ar ...
s or aerial roots. It can be pruned into a
shrub A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...
form. If not pruned it can sprawl to a height of . According to McMullen, it can be up to in length in the Galapagos Islands where it is naturalised. The city of
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has adopted this species, known locally as ''canario amarillo'', as its official flower.


Cultivation

The species is cultivated as a house plant. It requires a soil rich in organic matter, temperatures of not less than during the growing season, plenty of moisture, and bright light but not direct sunlight. During the rest season from October to March, the plant should be watered more sparingly and can endure temperatures down to . It should be repotted every year until it is in a container of . Propagation is by cuttings taken from April to May.


Gallery

File:Golden trumpet.jpg, Single flower File:Golden trumpet plant 1.jpg, Mid-shot of shrub File:Golden trumpet plant 2.jpg, Long-shot of shrub File:Allamanda cathartica MHNT.jpg, Spiny fruits (ripe and detached from plant)


References


External links


Flora Brasiliensis: ''Allamanda cathartica''
cathartica Flora of Brazil {{Apocynaceae-stub