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Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as the Madagascar periwinkle, rose periwinkle, or rosy periwinkle, is a species of flowering plantin the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant, a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. Other English names include Vinca, Cape periwinkle, rose periwinkle, rosy periwinkle, and "old-maid".[1][2]It was formerly included in the genus Vinca as Vinca rosea.

More: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharanthus_roseus
Date 3 January 2018 (according to Exif data)
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Author Sankar 1995

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