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Accepted name: 
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don [Apocynaceae]
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apabida pupa Other Med. Pl. 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 Pl. & 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 (RBG, Kew, 1999)
biftah Other Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
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 Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
boa-noite Other Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
boa-noite-branca Other Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
boa-tarde Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bom-dia Other Farmacopeia Nat. de Comunidades, NE Brasil (Pessoa da Silva et al., 2015)
bright-eyes Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bunga serdadu ungu Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cape periwinkle Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
catharanthus Other Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cayenne jasmine Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chang chun hua Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chatas Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese rhodomyrtus Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chula Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
church flower Other Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cháng chūn huā Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cooler peppermint vinca Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
dừa cạn Other Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isishushlungu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kakkai pu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kao bok Other Med. Pl. of the Lao P.Rep. (Sydara et al., 2014)
kembang sere china Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kembang tambaga beureum Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kembang tembaga ungu Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kempu kaasi kanigalu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu kaayi kanagilu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kemunting china Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kemunting cina Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kemunting cina ungu Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kuppaivelai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lavadeira Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
madagascan periwinkle Other Trad. Med. in Africa (Mahomoodally, 2013)
madagascar periwinkle Other Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, 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 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)
mini mal Other Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
mini-mal Other Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
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)
nayantaaraa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nayantara Other Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
nithiya kalyani Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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)
nityakalyaani Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nityakalyani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
old maid Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
old-maid Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
old-maid-flower Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peri winkle Other Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
periwinkle Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pervenche de madagascar Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
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)
Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
pervenche tropicale Other Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
pervinca de madagascar Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
pervinca-rosa Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pillaiyarpu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pink periwinkle Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
purisima blanca y morada Other Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
purple madagascar periwinkle Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
purple vinca Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
putakarappan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red periwinkle Other Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
rivotambelona Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
ros pantai ungu Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rose periwinkle Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rosy periwinkle Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rosy-flowered indian periwinkle Other Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
rumput jalang Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rì rì xīn Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
sadaabahaar Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sadaapushpaa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sadabahar Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
sadampushpa Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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)
sudukadu mallikai Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sudukattu mallikai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sì shí chūn Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sān wàn huā Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tahi anjing Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tahi asu Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tahi ayam Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tahi ayam busok Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tapak dara Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tapak dara ungu Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
thin-baw-ma-hnyo Other Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
thinbaw-ma-hnyo-pan Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
thinbaw-ma-hnyo-pan- aphyu Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
thinbaw-ma-hnyoe Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
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 Pl. & 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)
Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
vinca Other Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, 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 Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
vonenina Other Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Med. Pl. in Markets of Antananarivo, Madagascar (Randriamiharisoa et al., 2015)
vonenina. Other African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
yàn lái hóng Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
මිනීමල් Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
三万花 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
三萬花 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
四时春 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
四時春 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
日日新 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
長春花 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
长春花 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
雁來紅 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)