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Catharanthus roseus

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An erect, bushy perennial herb of the APOCYNACEAE family which grows to 75 cm high, becoming subwoody at the base and profusely branched, the stems containing some milky latex; leaves are opposite in pairs, smooth, oblong-oval, blunt, or rounded at the apex, 2.5 to 9 cm long and 1.5 to 4 cm wide, short-petioled. Flowers borne all year in upper leaf axils, are tubular, 1.5 to 4 cm long, 5-lobed, flaring to a width of 5 cm; color may be white with a yellow eye, white with a crimson eye, or lavender-pink with a crimson eye.

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Ross, I.A. (2003). Catharanthus roseus. In: Medicinal Plants of the World. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-365-1_8

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