Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don
- Family: Apocynaceae
- Vernacular names: Kuppavela, Nithyakallyani, Savakottappacha, Sadapushpi, Semitherichedi, Smasanapoochedi, Ushamalari, Vishanarayani, Aadam-howa-chedi, നിത്യകല്യാണി, ശവകോട്ടപ്പച്ച, ശതപുഷ്പി, സെമിത്തേരിചെടി, ശ്മശാനപ്പൂചെടി, ഉഷമലരി, വിഷനാരയണി, ആദംഹൌവ്വ ചെടി (Malayalam), Periwinkle, Rose periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, Vinca (English), Sadapushpi (Sanskrit), Sada (Hindi), Nithyakalyani, Chudukadu mallikai (Tamil)
- Distribution: Native of Madagascar; now naturalised in the tropics
- Description: Perennial herbs. Leaves elliptic-obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse or rounded, glabrous. Flowers pink or white, axillary, solitary or paired, shortly pedicellate. Follicles 2-3 x 0.2-0.3 cm, linear, puberulus; seeds many, black.
- Habit: Herb
- Habitat: Grown as ornamental plants also naturalised
- Flowering & Fruiting: August-January
- Parts used: Whole plant
- Properties & Uses: Anti-cancerous, anti-diabetic and anti-bacterial. The whole plant is used for the treatment of blood cancer, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, skin and cardiac diseases. Alkaloids extracted from the plant is used for the treatment of cancer in modern medicine.
- Systems of Medicines: Folk, Modern,
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