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Madagascar Periwinkle

நித்திய கல்யாணி

Catharanthus roseus

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Madagascar Periwinkle
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Overview

Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but is grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant, and now has a pantropical distribution. It is a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. It was formerly included in the genus Vinca as Vinca rosea.

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Catharanthus roseus — CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (TA): நித்திய கல்யாணி — CC BY-SA 4.0