Mazhar Botanic Garden

Allamanda cathartica L.

Buttercup flower

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000021
Common name: Buttercup flower
English name: Golden Trumpet, Buttercup flower
Arabic name: الاموندا صفراء
Native: Brazil
Country: Brazil
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen vine or shrub, up to 3-6 m high leaves glossy, leathery , usually arranged in groups of 3-4 along the stem flowers deep yellow trumpet, borne in  axillary cymes fruit capsule

Soil:  Chalk, Clay, Loam, sand Grow in organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils

ornamental plant. It can be grown as climber on trellis, fence as well as shrub in container planting. Bee-Attracting, Bird Attracting (Flowers), Butterfly Food Plant.

Allamanda grandiflora (Aubl) Lam, Allamanda hendersonii W Bull ex Dombrain

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Texture: Chalk Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Mediterranean
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Stem cutting
Flowering time: Summer and fall
Zone: 10 : 11
pH range: 5.6-7.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Landscape Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Acid Alkaline Neutral

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