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Pentalinon luteum
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin, Taxon 35: 167. 1986.
Vinca lutea L., Cent. Pl. 2: 12. 1756.
Urechites lutea (L.) Britton, Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 5: 316. 1907.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Hammock Viper´s-Tail, Lice Bush, Wild Allamanda, Yellow Mandevilla
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Description:
Glabrous or pubescent shrubby vine up to 3 m or more high; sap milky. Leaves opposite, 3-9 x 0.5-6 cm, oblong, obovate to subrotundate, obtuse or shortly cordate at base, obtuse or cuspidate at apex. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, cymose, with usually few large showy flowers. Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate. Corolla yellow, 3.5-6.5 cm long, often marked red at level of anthers. Follicles rather woody, slightly curved but not reflexed, 8-20 cm long; pappus white.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of South Florida to Caribbean Islands
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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