Galapagos Species Database

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Allamanda schottii Pohl

campana, bush allamanda

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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 (WFO, 2022).

Flowers small, yellow. Allamanda have very spiny subglobose fruits (POWO, 2022).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Gentianales

Family
Apocynaceae

Genus
Allamanda

Species
schottii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Allamanda brasiliensis Schott ex Pohl

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2004

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Its native range is French Guiana, SE. & S. Brazil to Argentina (POWO, 2022).

References

  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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"Galapagos Species Database, Allamanda schottii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=1951. Accessed 15 December 2025.