Sadabahar [Catharanthus Roseus] [Go Green!!]

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Family Name : APOCYNACEAE

 

Botanical Name : VINCA ROSEA

 

Common Name : PERIWINKLE, MADAGASCAR PERIWINKLE, SADABAHAR

 

Part Used : LEAVES, ROOTS

 

Habitat : Grows throughout India and found as an escape in waste places and sandy tracts.

 

Uses : Its alkaloids are hypotensive, sedative and have tranquilising properties

and are anti cancerous. It helps in relieving muscle pain, depression of central nervous system and wasps stings.

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