Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
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(L.) G.Don
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Catharanthus roseus
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Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
Erect, hairy, perennial herb. Petiole < 7 mm long; lamina 3.5-6 × 1-2.5 cm, oblong or obovate-oblong, clothed in short hairs above and below, penninerved with prominent yellowish veins and midrib; base cuneate; apex rounded and mucronulate. Pedicels 1-3 mm long. Calyx c. 6 mm long; lobes linear-subulate, densely hairy. Corolla tube 2-2.5 cm long, hairy, ampliate towards apex where stamens are inserted; limb 3-4 cm diam., deep pink with crimson eye in centre, whitish on reverse; lobes ± obovate, rounded apart from apical mucro, glabrous. Anther sacs 4-6× longer than wide, parallel, close together. Nectary disc = or > ovary. Follicles c. 2.5 cm long, hairy; seeds 1.75-2 mm long, black, oblong.
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Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
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c7240084-36e1-4b39-922a-9fa797f8a5fb
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1 January 2000