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Taxon:  Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don



Summary
Genus:
Catharanthus
Family:
Apocynaceae
Subfamily:
Rauvolfioideae
Tribe:
Vinceae
Nomen number:
70159
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 4:95. 1837
Verified:
09/08/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Vinca rosea L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small
Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb.

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Common names
English
bright-eyes –
Cape periwinkle –
graveyardplant –
Madagascar periwinkle –
old-maid –
old-maid-flower –
pink periwinkle –
rose periwinkle –
rosy periwinkle –
French
pervenche de Madagascar –
Portuguese (Brazil)
boa-noite –
boa-tarde –
lavadeira –
pervinca-rosa –
vinca-de-gato –
vinca-de-madagascar –
vinca-rósea –
Spanish
chatas –
chula –
pervinca de Madagascar –
Swedish
rosensköna –
Transcribed Chinese
chang chun hua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
2Cultivated    widely cult. in tropics & subtropics
3AdventiveEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreeceCrete 
4NaturalizedAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanary Islands 
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
4NaturalizedAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPapua New Guinea  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew ZealandKermadec Islands 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexass.e.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoChiapas 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuintana Roo 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoYucatan 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCaliforniaSan Diego Co.
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMarshall Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificNorthern Mariana Islands  
4NaturalizedPacificNorthwestern PacificU.S. Outlying IslandsWake Island 
4NaturalizedPacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificAmerican Samoa  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNiue  
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAnguilla  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman Islands  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands Antilles  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanPuerto Rico  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and Nevis  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (U.S.)  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaEl Salvador  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina n.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGalapagos Islands 
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
Native
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Cultivated (widely cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Adventive
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece [Crete]
Naturalized
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canary Islands]
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
  • MALESIA: Malaysia, Papua New Guinea
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand [Kermadec Islands]
Northern America
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.e.)]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Yucatan]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California (San Diego Co.)]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Outlying Islands [Wake Island]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: American Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Tonga
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina (n.), Paraguay, Uruguay
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Ecuador [Galapagos Islands], Peru
Economic Uses
Environmental
Harmful organism host
test organism for crop diseases (fide Diseas Comp) –
Medicines
source of vinblastine & vincristine (fide Import Medicinal Pl; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):185. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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