Catharanthus roseus

Catharanthus roseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Catharanthus
Species:	C. roseus
Binomial name
	Catharanthus roseus; (L.) G.Don
Synonyms
	Vinca rosea L. ; Pervinca rosea (L.) Gaterau ; Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Spach ; Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small ; (See also Synonyms section)

Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle,^[2] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but is grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant, and now has a pantropical distribution. 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.

It has many vernacular names among which are arivotaombelona or rivotambelona, tonga, tongatse or trongatse, tsimatiririnina, and vonenina.^[4]

^ "Catharanthus roseus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ "Catharanthus roseus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Moudi, Maryam; Go, Rusea; Yien, Christina Yong Seok; Nazre, Mohd. (2013-11-04). "Vinca Alkaloids". International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 4 (11): 1231–1235. ISSN 2008-7802. PMC 3883245. PMID 24404355.
^ de La Beaujardière, Jean-Marie, ed. (2001). "Botanical scientific bames". Malagasy Dictionary and Malagasy Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2022-11-01.

[WCSP-1] "Catharanthus roseus". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[grin-2] "Catharanthus roseus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[3] Moudi, Maryam; Go, Rusea; Yien, Christina Yong Seok; Nazre, Mohd. (2013-11-04). "Vinca Alkaloids". International Journal of Preventive Medicine. 4 (11): 1231–1235. ISSN 2008-7802. PMC 3883245. PMID 24404355.

[MDME-4] La Beaujardière, Jean-Marie, ed. (2001). "Botanical scientific bames". Malagasy Dictionary and Malagasy Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2022-11-01.

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