Common name
English: Violet Allamanda
Portuguese: Alamanda-roxa
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Gentianales (113)
Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)
Genus: Allamanda (2)
Epithet: blanchetii A.DC. (1)
Synonym: Allamanda violacea Gardner
blanchetii => in honor of Jacques Samuel Blanchet (1807–1875), Swiss botanist
violacea => derived from the Latin "viola" meaning violet
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: shrub, tree
Flower colour: purple, violet