Plant Profile

Allamanda cathartica (Golden Trumpet vine)

Allamanda is a tropical vine with outstanding clusters of golden-yellow flowers, which contrast with the shiny dark green leaves. This vine can also be trained as a shrub. The plant has milky sap and is considered poisonous

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Botanical Description
Horticulture Management

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French Name: Allamanda

Pronunciation: al-a-MAN-da cath-AR-tee-ca
Plant type: Vine
Origin: Brazil, south and Central America
Heat Zones: 10 to 12

Hardiness Zones: 10 to 13
Uses: Screen, Hedge, Specimen, Indoor, Trellis
Size/Shape

Growth Rate: Fast

Tree Shape: Spreading

Canopy Density: Medium

Canopy Texture: Coarse

Height at Maturity: 3 to 5 m

Spread at Maturity: 1 to 1.5 meters

Time to Ultimate Height: 2 to 5 Years
Notes
Allamanda is perennial in tropical climates and may be treated as an annual or brought inside during cold weather and replanted after danger of frost. Allamandas are breathtaking when in the full glory of their bloom. In the tropics, they are often pruned and maintained as blooming hedge plants

By Franz Xaver (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Cyron Ray Macey from Brisbane (-27.470963,153.026505), Australia (Flickr) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Didier Descouens (Own work, Focus stacking of 6 pictures.) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Franz Xaver (selbst fotografiert - my own photo) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Atamari [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Foliage

Leaf Arrangement : Whorled

Leaf Venation: Brachidodrome

Leaf Persistance: Evergreen

Leaf Type: Simple

Leaf Blade: 5 - 10 cm

Leaf Shape: Lanceolate

Leaf Margins: Entire

Leaf Texture: Leathery

Leaf Scent: No Fragance

Color(growing season): Green

Color(changing season): Green
Flower

Flower Showiness: Yes

Flower Size Range: 7 - 10

Flower Type: Solitary

Flower Sexuality: Monoecious (Bisexual)

Flower Scent: Pleasant (Sweet)

Flower Color: Yellow

Seasons: Year Round
Trunk

Trunk Susceptibility to Breakage: Generally resists breakage
Fruit

Fruit Type: Capsule

Fruit Showiness: Yes

Fruit Size Range: 3 - 7

Fruit Color: Green, Yellow

Seasons: Year Round

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By Cyron Ray Macey from Brisbane (-27.470963,153.026505), Australia (Flickr) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Didier Descouens (Own work, Focus stacking of 6 pictures.) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
By Franz Xaver (selbst fotografiert - my own photo) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC-BY-SA-2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Atamari [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

By Franz Xaver (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Tolerance

Frost Tolerant: No

Heat Tolerance: Yes

Drought Tolerance: Yes

Salt Tolerance: Moderate
Requirements

Soil Requirements: Clay, Loam, Sand

Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic, Neutral

Water Requirements: Moderate

Light Requirements: Full
Management

Toxicity: Yes

Invasive Potential: Yes

Susceptibility to Pests and Diseases: No

Pruning Requirements: Needed, to develop a strong structure

Life Span: Less than 25

Edible Parts: None

Pests: Mites, Caterpillars

Plant Propagation: Cutting