What is Catharanthus Roseus?

At first i thought it was just a ordinary flower because it grows everywhere. We even used it to play culinary games when we were kids. But the fact is it has many good benifits.

Catharanthus Roseus

Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant. It is a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer.[3] It was formerly included in the genus Vinca as Vinca rosea.

Scientific classifications

Kingdom: Plantae

Clade: Tracheophytes

clade: Angiosperms

Clade: Eudicots

Clade: Asterids

Order: Gentianales

Family: apocynaceae

Genus: Catharanthus

Species: C. Roseus

Binomial name: Catharanthus Roseus

Pollen grain of Catharanthus Roseus

How many color does it have?

This flower have 8 colors .

Despite its beauty it is also an herbal plant.

want to know what is the uses of this flower ?

Uses

In traditional medicine, the periwinkle has been used for relieving muscle pain, depression of the central nervous system, also used for applying to wasp stings and to heal wounds. Its application ranges widely from the prevention of diabetes to treatment of stomach ache (Gajalakshmi et al., 2013).

The plant is exploited and studied as a medicinal plant as it was found to produce more than 100 monoterpenoid indole alkaloids that contain the two major vital cytotoxic dimeric alkaloids that are used for cancer chemotherapy treatment, also many alkaloids have a medicinal role. The compounds include the anti cancer compounds: Vinblastine and Vincristine (Magnotta, 2006).  The alkaloid vincristine has a role for treating leukemia in children.

This plant also can be use as  ornamental plant in garden and homes across warmer places, or can be grow in glasshouse throughout cold season.

I also gather some USEFUL LINKS for further information.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/07/31/rosy-periwinkle-life-saving-plant/

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2011/schneide_rebe/classification.htm

http://www.kew.org/plants-fungi/Catharanthus-roseus.htm

http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a569

I dare you to plant this to your yard it looks beautiful ♥️

Well Im only up to here. I hope this article helped you.

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