Catharanthus roseus
Location Collected: Lehdau, Nett
Collected by: Rosalynda Nakasone
- Genus Species: Catharanthus roseus
or Vinca rosea or
Vinca roseus
- Family: Apocynaceae
- Chuukese name: None
- English name: Madagascar periwinkle
- Kosraen name: None
- Pohnpeian name: None
- Yapese name: None
- Growth form: Shrub
- Growth location: Terrestial
- Growth environment: Cultivated Garden
- Growth zone: Tropical
- Average height: 48.5 cm
- Stem: Woody, smooth-no hairs, grayish
- Leaf arrangement: Opposite
- Stipule: Absent
- Petioles: 1.7 cm to 1.8 cm and smooth
- Leaf blade: Elliptical, 7 to 7.5cm long and 3
to 3.2 cm wide, acute to obtuse tip, green, smooth,
entire, pinnate venation, surface is quite shiny.
- Inflorescence: Rotate, usually comprised of 4
to 5 flowers joined at one base, pedicel- 3 cm, no hairs
- Floral bracts: None
- Flower: Actinomorphic, pink, spike
arrangement
- Calyx: None
- Corolla: Fused pink corolla with 5 lobes
- Stamens: None
- Ovary: Inferior, light green, no hairs,
unicarpellate, small
- Style: None
- Fruit: None
- Seed: None
- Anything else: No odor, grows best with a
little shade and plenty of water, thrives in almost any
soil, an annual in temperate areas
- Cultural usage: Decoration
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