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Tiếng Việt; Winaray; ... Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle, [2] is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae.
Catharanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae.Like the genus Vinca, they are known commonly as periwinkles. [3] There are eight known species. Seven are endemic to Madagascar, [4] though one, C. roseus, is widely naturalized around the world.
Catharanthus lanceus, the lance-leaf periwinkle, grows as a perennial herb up to 1 metre (3 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature white or cream corolla lobes turning pink, reddish-violet or pink-magenta. Its habitat is on volcanic or burned soil, hillside rocks and in open woodland on ridges.
He was the first to mention the endemic pitcher plant Nepenthes madagascariensis and the Madagascar periwinkle. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] About one century later, in 1770, French naturalists and voyagers Philibert Commerson and Pierre Sonnerat visited the island from the Isle de France (now Mauritius ). [ 39 ]
Periwinkle, a character in the 2012 animated film Secret of the Wings from Disney, Tinker Bell's twin sister Periwinkle, the main character in Patricia A. McKillip 's book The Changeling Sea People
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Unless a lot more information is included on the other species in the genus I would recommend renaming the article Catharanthus with redirects from "Madagascar periwinkle", "Rosy periwinkle", and "Catharanthus roseus". Hmmm, just had a second look at the history of this page.
Vinca alkaloids are derived from the Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, [48] [49] formerly known as Vinca rosea. They bind to specific sites on tubulin, inhibiting the assembly of tubulin into microtubules. The original vinca alkaloids are natural products that include vincristine and vinblastine.