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Allamanda
''Allamanda'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed from Mexico to Argentina. Some species are familiar as ornamental plants cultivated for their large, colorful flowers. Most species produce yellow flowers; ''A. blanchetii'' bears pink.〔de Souza-Silva, R. F. and A. Rapini. (2009). (''Allamanda calcicola'' (Apocynaceae), an overlooked new species from limestone outcrops in the States of Minas Gerais and Bahia, Brazil. ) ''Kew Bulletin'' 64(1), 171-74.〕 The genus name ''Allamanda'' honors the Swiss botanist and physician Frédéric-Louis Allamand (1735–1803).〔(''Allamanda''. ) FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium.〕 ==Description== Plants of the genus are evergreen trees,〔 shrubs, or vines.〔Haron, F. F., et al. (2013). (Bioassay-guided isolation of antifungal plumericin from ''Allamanda'' species (Apocynaceae). ) ''Journal of Biological Sciences'' 13, 158-62.〕 They contain a white latex. The leaves are opposite or arranged in whorls of up to 5. The blades are generally oval and smooth-edged, and some are leathery or lightly hairy. The inflorescence is a compound cyme. The flower has five lobed sepals and a bell- or funnel-shaped corolla of five petals, yellow in most species. The fruit is a schizocarp containing two to four seeds.〔
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