Catharanthus roseus

Cape Periwinkle; Catharanthus; Church Flower; Madagascar Periwinkle; Red Periwinkle; Rosy Periwinkle

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Red sadabahar Catharanthus roseus

Common name Periwinkle Vinca Sadabahar Botanical name Catharanthus roseus |||| Vinca rosea Family Apocynaceae dogbane or oleander family Origin C roseus Madagascar |||| V rosea Europe northwest Africa and southwest Asia It was rain last day these two fall from the plant and was lying on the ground i took the shot on the spot and find in this way they are hard red from the top and white from the back you can see the reddish tone of the flower Large Size <a href= http www flickr com photos kam74 2715673725 sizes l >Click< a> Image Dedicated Sikppys Rest Orban Gabor and Pereverando On Explore <strong><i> In Order to Arrange Funds for Nikon D700 This image is for Sale with complete Rights < strong>< i>

Dewy Pink Catharanthus roseus Madagascar Periwinkle Kew Botanical

Just before 1757 Philip Miller 1691 1771 undaunted and hard working chief gardener of the relatively young Chelsea Physic Garden at London England received some unspecified seeds from his colleagues at the Jardin des Plantes of Paris France They had apparently been collected in Madagascar off the coast of East Africa Miller planted these seeds and discovered a wonderfuly pink flower sprouting from verdant relatively leathery leaves It looked a bit like the vine like periwinkles with which he was familiar and thus he gave it a long description beginning with Vinca foliis oblongo ovatis integerrimus Miller s was a conservative mind and he thought the two term rules for nomenclatura of Carolus Linnaeus 1753 too new fangled to use Linnaeus however in 1759 himself also used the first name Vinca adding to it rosea to describe the marvellous color We now know that the Madagascar periwinkle is in fact a different plant than our vine like periwinkle Hence its name has been corrected to Catharanthus roseus Red Pure Flower katharos being the Greek for pure That name was given it by John Edwards around 1795 It has also gone by the names of Locherna rosea and Ammocallis rosea which are sometimes still used today Mostly though it is called the Madagascar Periwinkle or in deference to its Latin name quot Flower without a blemish quot Athough the common periwinkle of Europe was said to have medicinal qualities and hence was called sometimes Sorcerer s violet the Madagascar Periwinkle is actually the great Curer It is from certain alkaloids that it contains that important anti cancer drugs are drawn vincristine and vinblastine Most pharmacists I know use the old fashioned word Vinca in describing our Catharanthus no doubt because their textbooks have not been upgraded This wonderful exemplar was photographed in the Kew Botanical Gardens near London As history would have it our Philip Miller of Chelsea was the teacher of the famous botantist William Aiton who was th

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Catharanthus Roseus Savam Nari

Savam nari Catharanthus roseus or Vinca rosea is a wild herb that grows 8 10 inches and is used in Ayurveda medicines for its various medicinal properties Catharanthus roseus is the same plant known earlier as vinca rosea The Malayalam name of the plant savam nari literally means something that emits bad smell nari as a corpse savam comes from the fact that the flowers smell like a corpse The flowers like balsam are variously colored They range from pure white to pink and a mixture of both The leaves stem and flowers are toxic Ayurvedic medicines prepared from savam nari stem leaves and roots are used to treat diabetes hypertension asthma gastro intestinal problems and problems in female sexuality Recent researches suggest its effectiveness in treating conditions like leukemia blood cancer skin cancer and breast cancer Catharanthus roseus belongs to the family Apocyanaceae

Catharanthus roseus Madagascar Periwinkle

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Closeup of Purplish pink Catharanthus roseus in our garden

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Catharanthus roseus Albus

Commonly known as Madagascar Periwinkle Cape Periwinkle Rose Rosy Periwinkle Self sown in our garden <a target= blank href= http www jaycjayc com catharanthus roseus periwinkle rel= nofollow >Some plant information < a>

Catharanthus roseus a magenta pink variety

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Catharanthus roseus a white variety

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White Catharanthus roseus with red eye 2

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