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All Biocode files are based on field identifications to the best of the researcher’s ability at the time.
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2004-04-18 Location: Base of rocky hill near Mazvikadei Dam wall Habitat: Disturbed ground
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Botanisk Have Århus
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Limpopo, South Africa
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2010-05-19 Location: Lower slopes Mt Mabu Habitat:
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Botanisk Have Århus
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Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2008-03-01 Location: Along path near Morumbodzi Falls, lower slopes Mt Gorongosa. Habitat: Disturbed soil.
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Botanisk Have Århus
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2012-09-01 Location: Hotel Castelo Branco, Chimoio Habitat: In crack in driveway
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Botanisk Have Århus
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Mom Che Puteh's Garden, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. Apocynaceae. CN: [Malay - Kemunting Cina, Kembang sari Cina, Bunga tapak dara], Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, Old-maid, Rose periwinkle, Rosy periwinkle. Native of Madagascar. Mostly planted as ornamental and an important source of plant derivatives in pharmacology research. The rosy periwinkle case dates from the 1950s. The rosy periwinkle, while native to Madagascar, had been widely introduced into other tropical countries around the world well before the discovery of vincristine. This meant that researchers could obtain local knowledge from one country and plant samples from another. The locally known medical properties of the plant were not the same as the medical properties discovered and commercially used by Eli Lilly. The use of the plant as a cure for diabetes was the original stimulus for research, but cures for cancer were the most important results. Different countries are reported as having acquired different beliefs about the medical properties of the plant. The Hodgkin's Lymphoma chemotherapeutic drug vinblastine is also derivable from the rosy periwinkle.Synonym(s):
Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small
Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb.
Vinca rosea L. Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70159en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopiracy_and_bioprospecting#The_ro...
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2013-10-26 Location: Along footpath from Zomba to Magorogodo Habitat: Disturbed and cleared areas with som secondary vegetation
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Mom Che Puteh's Garden, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia.
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. Apocynaceae. CN: [Malay - Kemunting Cina, Kembang sari Cina, Bunga tapak dara], Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, Old-maid, Rose periwinkle, Rosy periwinkle. Native of Madagascar. Mostly planted as ornamental and an important source of plant derivatives in pharmacology research. The rosy periwinkle case dates from the 1950s. The rosy periwinkle, while native to Madagascar, had been widely introduced into other tropical countries around the world well before the discovery of vincristine. This meant that researchers could obtain local knowledge from one country and plant samples from another. The locally known medical properties of the plant were not the same as the medical properties discovered and commercially used by Eli Lilly. The use of the plant as a cure for diabetes was the original stimulus for research, but cures for cancer were the most important results. Different countries are reported as having acquired different beliefs about the medical properties of the plant. The Hodgkin's Lymphoma chemotherapeutic drug vinblastine is also derivable from the rosy periwinkle.Synonym(s):
Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small
Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb.
Vinca rosea L. Ref and suggested reading:
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70159en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopiracy_and_bioprospecting#The_ro...
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2014-04-26 Location: Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique Habitat: Upper part of sandy beach
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Saint-Antoine, Riviere du Rempart, Mauritius
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2014-06-21 Location: Bue Maria, Gorongosa National Park
Habitat: Wooded rocky outcrop
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2007-02-07 Location: Umvumvumvu Gorge Habitat:
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Limpopo, South Africa
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2007-02-07 Location: Umvumvumvu Gorge Habitat:
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This plant is poisonous but it can also be used to kill pain, curing inflammation, hypnotic, relieving constipation and diuresis. Extract of which is used to cure certain kinds of cancer, eg. Leukemia, Hodgkin's desease, too. This photo was taken in the Kwai Chung Park, Hong Kong.
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Species: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don Date: 2007-11-18 Location: Bué Maria, Nhambita Habitat: In disturbed stony soil at roadside.