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'''Catharanthus roseus''' is a genus 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.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Blood pressure}}, {{Uses|Lung cancer}}, {{Uses|Leukaemia}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Hodgkin’s lymphoma}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Bleeding hemorrhoids}}<ref name="UsesKarnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaf}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
