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APOCYNACEAE 夾竹桃科 - Rosa Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) 長春花

This plant is poisonous but it can also be used to kill pain, curing inflammation, hypnotic, relieving constipation and diuresis. Extract of which is used to cure certain kinds of cancer, eg. Leukemia, Hodgkin's desease, too. This photo was taken in the Kwai Chung Park, Hong Kong.

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Uploaded on November 2, 2009
Taken on November 2, 2009