Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin.
| Family: | APOCYNACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Hammock Viper´s-Tail | ||||
| Synonym: | Urechites lutea (L.)Britton | ||||
| Common Name: | Lice Bush, Wild Allamanda, Yellow Mandevilla | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | Throughout the year | ||||
| Distribution: | Native of South Florida to Caribbean Islands | ||||
| Habitat: | Grown as garden plant | ||||
| Uses: | Ornamental | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Glabrous or pubescent shrubby vine up to 3 m or more high; sap milky. Leaves opposite, oblong, obovate to subrotundate, obtuse or shortly cordate at base, obtuse or cuspidate at apex. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, cymose, with usually few large showy flowers. Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate. Corolla yellow, often marked red at level of anthers. Follicles rather woody, slightly curved but not reflexed; pappus white. | ||||