BUNGA AKAR KUNING
(ALAMANDA CARTHARTICA)
Pokok Bunga Akar Kuning, atau juga dikenali sebagai Bunga Loceng, dan Akar
Chempaka Hutan; nama saintifiknya Allamanda carthartica merupakan tumbuhan hiasan genus Allamanda dalam familia Apocynaceae. Pokok ini berasal dari Brazildan digunakan untuk mengubati malaria. Tumbuhan Amerika Selatan ini tumbuh dengan subur di kawasan terik matahari dan tanah lembap.
Allamanda
cathartica, commonly called golden trumpet, common trumpetvine, and yellow
allamanda is a species of flowering plant of the genus Allamanda in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Brazil.
This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.It
does not twine, nor does it have tendrils or
aerial roots. It can be pruned into a shrubform.
If not pruned it can sprawl to a height of 20 feet. The city of Canóvanas, Puerto
Rico has adopted this species, known locally as canario
amarillo, as its official flower.
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