Apocynaceae Allamanda cathartica L.

Apocynaceae Allamanda cathartica

| | © W.D. Hawthorne

Keywords in this picture :

Flower
Inflorescence
Flower & fruit
Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

Mt. Hartman Estate - GRENADA
Grenada - GRENADA

Species information

Interest
Allamanda is in honour of Fredrick Allanand (c. 1735- c. 1776), a Swiss botanist, who collected in Surinam c. 1770 and sent seeds of the generic type to Linnaeus. The leaves are a powerful laxative/purgative, and are reported to be used as such in other parts of the world (Politi, 1996).

Specimen information

Collector
Hawthorne, W.D.

Specimen Number
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