APOCYNACEAE - Rosa Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
Description :
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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- Cellular (Organismes cellulaires)
- Eukaryota (eucaryotes)
- Archaeplastida
- Chloroplastida (plantes vertes)
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta
- Spermatophytes (plante à graines)
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Superasterids
- Asterids
- Gentianales
- Apocynaceae (Pachypodes, hoodias)
- Catharanthus
- Catharanthus roseus (Pervenche de Madagascar)
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- Kai Yan, Joseph Wong
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- Kai Yan, Joseph Wong
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