Flowering · Vine
Purple Allamanda
Allamanda blanchetii A.DC.
Northeastern Brazil
Fun factThe genus is named after Dr Frédéric-Louis Allamand, who sent seeds of the plant to Linnaeus.
Purple allamanda is a scrambling evergreen shrub or vine with bristly-haired twining stems and whorls of hairy elliptic leaves. It flowers year-round on new growth, producing funnel-shaped blooms of purplish pink to violet with a yellowish throat, each 5–8 cm across. It is grown on trellises and pergolas or as a sprawling groundcover, and attracts bees and butterflies.
Sourced · see Record tab
3on the estate
0carrying a tag
0sponsored
FamilyApocynaceae
Spanish nameJalapa morada
Also known asPurple allamanda, Jalapa morada, Jalapa morada
Native toNorth-eastern Brazil, in dry secondary forest, mangrove swamps and lowland riverbanks
| Tag | Garden area | Zone | Planted | Status | Sponsored | Note |
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| — | — | — | 24 May 2018 | Planted | — | |
| — | — | — | 24 May 2018 | Planted | — | |
| — | — | — | 24 May 2018 | Planted | — |
3 of these have no tag yet; they will be numbered when the garden team re-tags the estate.