Allamanda cathartica L.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Allamanda cathartica L.

  • Collector(s)

    J. G. Saunders 1042, 20 Feb 1981

  • Location

    Honduras. Colón. 1.8 mi. strip on the north bank of rio Guaimoreto, between old bridge and opening of Laguna Guaimoreto 4.5 mi. NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla.

  • Description

    Climbing vine; flowers bright yellow; green fruits; still green, spiny to milky sap; seeds yellow; leaves deep green, glossy, chartreuse below. Phenology of specimen: Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 440194

    Occurrence ID: 903b9b7a-9d39-4900-ae70-44c75c459e51

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Allamanda cathartica L.
    Note: !, Alvarado Cárdenas, 2006

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Honduras

  • State/Province

    Colón

  • Locality

    1.8 mi. strip on the north bank of rio Guaimoreto, between old bridge and opening of Laguna Guaimoreto 4.5 mi. NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla

  • Coordinates

    15.9583, -85.9083

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Seeds from specimen photographed for the
volume Seeds of Central America.
David Lentz, Ruth Dickau	2000
APOCYNACEAE
Allomandra
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
00440194
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botanical
HERBARIO NACIONAL DE MÉXICO (MEXU)
Instituto de Biología, UNAM
Allamanda caíharíica L.
L. Alvarado Cárdenas 2006
PLANTS OF HONDURAS
Departamento de Colón
cathartica L.
Climbing vine; flovers bright yellow; green fruits;
still green, spiny to milky sap; seeds yellow; leaves
deep green, glossy, chartreuse "below.
Capuchin site east,
1.8 mi. strip on the north bank of rio Guaimoreto between old bridge and opening of Laguna Guai-
moreto 4.5 mi. NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla. Lat. 15» 57' 30" N; Long. 85« 54' 30" W.
JANICE SAUNDERS
DATE: 20 Wm* I98I
Capuchin feeding study by John S. Buckley under auspices of Dept, of Anthropology, Univ. of Texas
at Austin and instituto Hondureno de Antropología e Historia.
00440194