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Catharanthus roseus is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing 1 m (39 in) tall. The leaves are oval to oblong, 2.5–9 cm (1.0–3.5 in) long and 1–3.5 cm (0.4–1.4 in) wide, glossy green, hairless, with a pale midrib and a short petiole 1–1.8 cm (0.4–0.7 in) long; they are arranged in opposite pairs.
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 roseus yields alkaloids used in the treatment of cancer. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Tabernanthe iboga , Voacanga africana , and Tabernaemontana undulata contain the alkaloid ibogaine , which is a psychedelic drug which may help with drug addiction, but which has significant adverse effects, [ 24 ] [ 25 ] with ibogaine being both cardiotoxic and ...
The vinca alkaloids include at least 86 alkaloids extracted from plants in the genus Vinca. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] The chemotherapy agent vincristine is extracted from a closely related species, Catharanthus roseus , [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] and is used to treat some leukemias , [ 22 ] lymphomas , [ 23 ] and childhood cancers, [ 24 ] as well as ...
Catharanthus roseus. Catharanthus roseus is (perhaps unpleasantly) "hallucinogenic." [128] [unreliable source?] Unknown Cestrum nocturnum. Commonly referred to as 'night-blooming jasmine', 'lady of the night', and 'poisonberry'. It has an unknown mechanism of action. [citation needed] Caffeine. Coffea arabica. Coffee beans, coffee, native to ...
Malvaceae (mallows, 486 – 87%), including the large genus Dombeya (177 – 97%) and seven out of nine baobabs (Adansonia), of which six are endemic; Apocynaceae (dogbane family, 363 – 93%), including the Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus); Melastomataceae (melastomes, 341 – 98%), mainly trees and shrubs.
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Periwinkle, a 1917 silent film by James Kirkwood; Tribulation Periwinkle, protagonist of Hospital Sketches, an 1863 compilation of sketches by Louisa May Alcott; Periwinkle, a character in Blue's Clues