Summary[
edit] Description: Fy: Apocyanaceae Local name(Telugu) : Billa ganneru, Distribution: Cultivated and runs wild also; Widely naturalized in Tropics. Under shrubs, 30-60cm tall, Leaves obovate, apiculate, base cuneate, glabrous, Flowers solitary or in pairs, 3-4 cm across, salver shaped, lilac, rose, or pink or white; calyx 5 lobed, corolla salver shaped twisted aestivation,stamens 5, on the mouth of corolla tube, ovary of 2 free carpels, style filiform, Fruit of 2 divaricate slender follicles. Vinca a common plant contains several alkaloids used for the treatment of Cancer. Date: 3 February 2010, 08:37. Source:
Catharanthus roseus(L.)G.Don.. Author:
Lalithamba from India.