Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vinca major L. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Vinca major subsp. balcanica (Pénzes) Kozuharov & A.V.Petrova

Vinca major subsp. hirsuta (Boiss.) Stearn

Vinca major subsp. major

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
big-leaf periwinkle	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bigleaf periwinkle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blue periwinkle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cielo azul	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
cielo raso	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
flor del cielo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
grande pervenche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
greater periwinkle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
green periwinkle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
großes immergrün	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hiedra	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
large periwinkle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
man chang chun hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
molinillo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
periwinkle	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pervinca-maior	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
reguilete	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
rosa cielo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
stor vintergröna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vinca-pendente	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pervinca major (L.) Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 448 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Vinca grandiflora Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 146 (1796), nom. superfl.
Vinca minor subsp. major (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 212 (1894).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vinca major	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Vinca major (Linn.) Pich.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Vinca major L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vinca major Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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