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PERIWINKLE (SADABAHAR) -Catharanthus roseus FACTS AND BENEFITS | Mamoona Ghaffar

PERIWINKLE (SADABAHAR) - Catharanthus  roseus FACTS AND BENEFITS    COMMON NAME (S) / SYNONYMS • Madagascar periwinkle  • Rose periwinkle •  Rosy periwinkle •  red periwinkle • Cape periwinkle •  Old maid • Church-flower •  Ram-goat rose •  Myrtle • Magdalena   Scientific Name(s) Catharanthus   roseus Other  names Ø C.  roseus  is known as  boa- noite  ("good night") and  maria-sem-vergonha  ("shameless  maria ", name shared with  Impatiens  and  Thunbergia alata ) in  Brazilian Portuguese Ø Vinca -de- madagáscar ,  vinca -de- gato  ("cats'  vinca "),  vinca-branca  (white  vinca ),  vinca  or  boa- noite  in  European Portuguese Ø Vinca  del Cabo ,  vinca   rosa  ("pink  vinca ") or  vinca   rosada  (" roseous   vinca ") in...