6597.000 Catharanthus G. Don

Description of the genus

Herbs or suffrutices. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence terminal but appearing lateral, 1-2-flowered. Flowers actinomorphic. Corolla salver-shaped; lobes overlapping to the left. Ovary of 2 carpels; disk composed of 2 glands. Fruit composed of 2 follicles (although one may abort); follicles cylindrical, acute. Seeds oblong, black; testa rugose.

Worldwide: 6 species: 5 in Madagascar, one in India and Sri Lanka

Catharanthus roseus

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roseus (L.) G. DonC,E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Catharanthus:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Catharanthus page
Flora of Mozambique: Catharanthus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Catharanthus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Catharanthus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Catharanthus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Catharanthus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Catharanthus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Catharanthus.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1111, retrieved 25 May 2013

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