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Cryptostegia grandiflora
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Rubber vine, Purple Allamanda
Origin: Madagascar
vine or creeper full sun semi-shade regular water white/off-white flowers blue/lavender/purple flowers ornamental foliage pink flowers irritating attracts butterflies, hummingbirds subtropical, cold hardy at least to 30s F for a short time Seaside, salt tolerant plant incuded in CD catalog
The India Rubber Vine originates from Madagascar and was formerly grown there and later in India to produce a poor quality rubber latex. Has large (2" across), showy, lilac flowers with a broad funnel-shaped tube and five spreading lobes. Leaves are very ornamental, wide, deep green and waxy. This exotic woody vine poses a significant threat to northern Australian savanna landscapes. The Rubber Vine is poisonous it contains glucosides interfering with the heart, and ingesting with provoke stomach and intestinal upset. When trimming wear gloves since the sap is very irritating to the skin, and discard what you trimmed rapidly, because the dust from dried plants is also irritating.

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Cryptostegia grandiflora, Rubber vine, Purple Allamanda

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Name:Tanya
Email:nielsen_tanya@hotmail.com
Location:Cypress, Texas
Homepage:Flowering vines
Zone:8
16 Feb 2007, 9:57 AM

I bought one of these at a garden center several years ago, not knowing anything about it, and planted it on the south side of a small aluminum shed. It has done extremely well there, dying back in the Winter and coming back in the Spring. It is very hot and humid here and Winters are generally mild but it does get into the 30's at times and even the 20's occasionally. So far, this plant has survived it all.

Very attractive vine with waxy looking pretty flowers.

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2785 Cryptostegia grandiflora - seeds
Rubber vine, Purple Allamanda. The India Rubber Vine originates from Madagascar and was formerly grown there and later in India to produce a poor quality rubber latex. Has large (2" across), showy, lilac flowers with a broad funnel-shaped tube and five spreading lobes.
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