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'''VincaCatharanthus 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. It was formerly included in the genus Vinca as Vinca rosea.

{{Uses|Blood pressure}}, {{Uses|Lung cancer}}, {{Uses|Leukaemia}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Hodgkin’s lymphoma}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Bleeding hemorrhoids}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>

{{Parts Used|LeavesLeaf}}, {{Parts Used|FlowersRoot}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>

Indole, indoline Indoline alkaloids, Ajmalicine, Lochnerine, Serpentine.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

{{Common names|kn=NitypushpaVishakanigalu, Kaasi kanigalu, Smashaana mallige|sa=Sadapushpi|ml=Shavam Naari|hi=Sadabahar|ta=Nityakalyani|te=Billaganneru|en=Periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle}}

{{Habit|Hornamental plantOrnamental herb}}

{{Leaf|Simple|oppositeOpposite|The leaves are lobed or unlobed but not separated into leaflets}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|pink Pink to red, white|5|Flowers Season is June - August and Flowering throughout the flower is radially symmetricalyear}}

{{Fruit|General|10–50 mm|The fruit is dry and splits open when ripe|-|-|Fruiting throughout the year}}

Vinca or Periwinkle will grow in range of light conditions, from full sun to shade. They will do well in average soils. They are both heat and drought tolerant. This makes Vinca ideal in hot, dry parts of the country where other flowers will wither and wilt.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>

<references> <ref name="chemical compositionLeaf">[httphttps://wwwgobotany.yourarticlelibrarynewenglandwild.comorg/biologyspecies/alkaloidvinca/vinca-sources-macroscopical-character-and-uses-with-diagrammajor/49664 "Chemical constituents"Plant desription]</ref>

<ref name="LeafHow to plant/cultivate">[httpshttp://gobotanywww.newenglandwildgardenersnet.orgcom/speciesflower/vinca/major/ "Plant desription"vincaperiwinkle.htm How to Grow Vinca]</ref>

<ref name="How to plant/cultivateKarnataka Medicinal Plants">[http://wwwKarnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2” by Dr.gardenersnetM.com/flower/vincaperiwinkleR. Gurudeva, Page No.197, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru.htm "How to Grow Vinca"]</ref>

* [http://naturalhomeremedies.co/Periwinkle-health-benefits-and-home-remedies.html Vinca on naturalhomeremedies.com]