• Scientific Name: Allamanda schottii Pohl
• Ref: Pl. Bras. Icon. Descr. 1:73. 1827
• Synonyms: Allamanda brasiliensis Schott ex Pohl; A. cathartica Schrad.; A. cathartica var. schottii (Pohl) L.H.Bailey & Raffill; A. magnifica B.S.Williams; A. neriifolia Hook.
• English Common Name: bush allamanda
• Chinese Common Name: 黄蝉 huángchán
• Japanese Common Name: ヒメアリアケカズラ [姫有明蔓/姫有明葛] himeariakekazura
• Family: Apocynaceae
• Genus: Allamanda
• Distribution: Cultivated for medicine and as an ornamental. Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan [introduced from Brazil]
• Photo: 06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden, Guangdong

Shrubs erect, to 2 m tall, with clear sap. Leaves in whorls of 3-5, subsessile; leaf blade elliptic or narrowly obovate, 5-14 X 2-4 cm, minutely hispid along veins; lateral veins elevated on abaxial surface. Flowers 4-6 cm. Corolla tube rather narrowly funnelform, ca. 3 cm, distinctly swollen at base, limb ca. 4 cm in diam.; lobes pale yellow, ovate or orbicular, ca. 2 cm, obtuse. Capsules globose, ca. 3 cm in diam., long spiny. Seeds ca. 2 X 1.5 cm. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Oct-Dec. 2n = 18. (Flora of China)

06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden

06/21/2009, South China Botanical Garden