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Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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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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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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Saint-Antoine, Riviere du Rempart, Mauritius
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Limpopo, South Africa
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Moumu, les Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia
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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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Western Shores, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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Florida, United States
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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 also used to cure certain kinds of cancer, eg. leukemia, Hodgkin's desease too.
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Madagascar periwinkle (Apocynaceae) an important medicinal plant in the combat against certain forms of cancer. Active compounds used in cancer therapy are the alkaloids vincristine and vinblastine and their semisynthetic derivates vincristine and vinorelbine.
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Common yet beautiful. Photo taken in the Tai Po Waterfront Park, Hong Kong.
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This photo was taken in the Hong Kong Park, Hong Kong.
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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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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
