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madagascar periwinkle Synonyms

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An evergreen herbaceous subshrub of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), Catharanthus roseus, native to Madagascar, widely cultivated as a garden flower for its glossy oval leaves and showy five-petaled blossoms in shades of rose-pink, white, or purple, and valued in medicine as a source of anticancer alkaloids.

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"The sunny border was planted with catharanthus, whose vibrant pink and white blossoms thrived in the summer heat."

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