Golden Trumpet
Allamanda cathartica
English Common Name: Golden Trumpet, Yellow Allamanda
Chinese Name / 中文名: 软枝黄蝉 (Ruǎnzhī huángchán)
Other Local Name: Bunga Akar Kuning (Malaysia), Bunga Trumpet Kuning (Malaysia)
Family Name: Apocynaceae
Scientific Name: Allamanda cathartica
Synonym: Allamanda hendersonii, Allamanda nobilis
Classification: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) > Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants Division) > Gentianales > Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family) > Allamanda
Origin: Tropical South America
Growth Habit: Climber and Shrub
Characteristic: An evergreen woody climber with fragrant yellow trumpet-shaped flowers, with five spreading petal lobes. The leaves are hairless,leathery and usually arranged in groups of three or four along the stems. The fruits are rounded capsules (about 4 cm across) and densely covered with soft spines. The stems and leaves contain toxic milky sap.
Care Requirements: Prefers full sun and moderate watering. Grows well in moist, well-drained soil. The plant blooms all year round in tropical climate but in temperate climate it blooms in summer and autumn. The plant can also be pruned to grow as a shrub.
Propagation: Cutting of ripe wood or seed.
Medicinal Properties: The plant is toxic but the roots and other parts of the plant are utilized in traditional medicine.
Images Location: Johor, Malaysia
Chinese Name / 中文名: 软枝黄蝉 (Ruǎnzhī huángchán)
Other Local Name: Bunga Akar Kuning (Malaysia), Bunga Trumpet Kuning (Malaysia)
Family Name: Apocynaceae
Scientific Name: Allamanda cathartica
Synonym: Allamanda hendersonii, Allamanda nobilis
Classification: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) > Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants Division) > Gentianales > Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family) > Allamanda
Origin: Tropical South America
Growth Habit: Climber and Shrub
Characteristic: An evergreen woody climber with fragrant yellow trumpet-shaped flowers, with five spreading petal lobes. The leaves are hairless,leathery and usually arranged in groups of three or four along the stems. The fruits are rounded capsules (about 4 cm across) and densely covered with soft spines. The stems and leaves contain toxic milky sap.
Care Requirements: Prefers full sun and moderate watering. Grows well in moist, well-drained soil. The plant blooms all year round in tropical climate but in temperate climate it blooms in summer and autumn. The plant can also be pruned to grow as a shrub.
Propagation: Cutting of ripe wood or seed.
Medicinal Properties: The plant is toxic but the roots and other parts of the plant are utilized in traditional medicine.
Images Location: Johor, Malaysia