Plant Details

Accepted name:: Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Catharanthus roseus var. angustus (Steenis) Bakh.

Catharanthus roseus var. roseus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alegria de la casa	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
apabida pupa	Other	Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
arivotambelona	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
banappuvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barhamase phul	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
batla hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
befala	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
befela	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
begraafplaasblom	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bili kaasi kanigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
billaganneru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bindigegida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boa noite	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
boa-noite	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
boa-noite-branca	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
boa-tarde	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bright eyes	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
bright-eyes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cape periwinkle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
catharanthus	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cayenne jasmine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chang chun hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
chatas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chula	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
church flower	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cutkattu malli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutukattu malli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cutukattuppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
felabaratra	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
felatananamba	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
flor de anjinho	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
ganeshana hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golapi noyontara	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013)
graveyardplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
heladolo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
herbaceous periwinkle	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
ikhwinini	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isabelita	Other	Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994)
isishushlungu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kakkai pu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu kaasi kanigalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu kaayi kanagilu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuppaivelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavadeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
madagascar periwinkle	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
madagaskar-immergrün	Other	Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
maintsorininina	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
milakayppuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
minie mal	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
mtunda	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
nayantara	Other	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
nithyakalyani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nittiyakalyani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nitya kalyani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nityakalyani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
old maid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
old-maid	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
old-maid-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
periwinkle	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
periwinkle madagascar	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
pervenche de madagascar	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
pervenche tropicale	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
pervinca de madagascar	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
pervinca-rosa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pillaiyarpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pink periwinkle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
putakarappan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red periwinkle	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
rivotambelona	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
rose amere	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
rose amère	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rose periwinkl	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rose periwinkle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rosy periwinkle	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rosy-flowered indian periwinkle	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
sada bahar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
sada-bahar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadaa mallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadaa pushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadabahar	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
sadampuspa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadaphool	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadaphul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadaphuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salotra	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
saponaire	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
sarita	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
savanari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sempre noiva	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
sudukattu mallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuruku mallige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tonga	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tongatse	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tsimatirinina	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tsingevika	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
tulakkamallikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ukhaji swan	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
usamalari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vicaria	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
vinca	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vinca rosea	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vinca rósea	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
vonenina	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
vonenina.	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
zimmerimmergrün rosafarbenes	Other	Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
මිනීමල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Herb		Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015)
root		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaves, whole plant		Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Whole plant		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Leaves, Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
flowers, leaves, roots		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaf, stem, root		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
leaves		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf, flower, whole plant		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
leaf, flower, root		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
leaf, flower, root		Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf, stem		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Leaf, Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
leaf, flower, whole plant		African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 8: 526 (1838).
Vinca rosea L. Syst. Nat. ed. 10. 2: 944 (1759).
Vinca speciosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 147 (1796), nom. superfl.
Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 936 (1903).
Pervinca rosea (L.) Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban: 52 (1789).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Catharanthus roseus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Useful Pl. of Kongo C. Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don	Amazonian Ethnobot. Dictionary (Duke et al., 1994) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Plants (Van Wyk, 2015) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. N.E.Braz. (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Catharanthus roseus (L.)G.Don	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Catharanthus roseus (Linnaeus) G. Don	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Catharanthus roseus G.Don	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Lochnera rosea	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lochnera rosea (L.)Rchb. ex Endl.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Vinca rosea	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vinca rosea L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ocvirk et al., 2013) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vinca speciosa Salisb.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Vinea rosea	Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)

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