| BINOMIAL NAME |
Catharanthus roseus
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| COMMON NAME |
Madagascar periwinkle
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| FAMILY |
Apocynaceae |
| TAMIL NAME |
நித்தியகல்யாணி |
| HABIT |
An erect, everblooming, ornamental herb, with branched tap root system.
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| MORPHOLOGY |
Stems cylindrical, longitudinally ridged or narrowly winged, green or dark red, pubescent at least when young. Leaves opposite, borne on short petioles, 2.5-9.0 cm long, usually elliptical to obovate, green with paler veins. Stems and leaves usually with hairs. Flowers borne in leaf axils, either singly or paired on very short stalk.
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| MEDICINAL USES |
ul {margin: 0;}- In traditional medicine,periwinkle is used to relieve muscle pain .
- The alkaloids vinblastine and vincristine derived from leaves exhibit anti-cancer and anti-diabetic properties.
- It is used to heal wasp stings wounds.
- Periwinkle is also used for treating diarrhea, throat ailments, tonsillitis, chest pain, high blood pressure, sore throat, intestinal pain.
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| SOURCE
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BioNET-EAFRINET-invasive plants
https://indiabiodiversity.org
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