Allamanda Plant Characteristics. It is considered to be a favourite amongst many plant growers because of its heat tolerance and long-season bloom. Guest Edited by Dr Aamir Ahmad this Collection is currently open for submissions.
It can be trained to climb on support such as trellis. They are trumpet-shaped measure between 5 and 75 cm in diameter and can be white purple pink or orange. Across 12 cm over a long season.
The genus Allamanda is restricted to the Neotropics where it is distributed from Mexico to Argentina Hamilton-Brown 2008.
The skin of the stem and the fruit contains saponins. Allamanda cathartica is an evergreen arching long branched shrub native to Brazil. This plant has low severity poison characteristics. This naturalized ornamental flowering vine is native to northern South America and Brazil.