Specimen profile Növényprofil

Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don

Common name Köznév Cape periwinkle Rózsameténg
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Catharanthus

Classification

Scientific name Tudományos név Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
Common name Köznév Cape periwinkle Rózsameténg
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Catharanthus

Common Names

  • Cape periwinkle
  • Churchyard blossom
  • Madagascar periwinkle

Botanical Garden Location

Subtropical plants Szubtrópusi növények (14)

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This plant is part of the Subtropical plants collection. Ez a növény az Szubtrópusi növények gyűjtemény része.

Toxicity

Humans
family known toxic csaladban ismerten mergezo
Cats Dogs
toxic mergezo

Native Distribution

Australia | China | Chinese Taipei
Detailed Regions

Africa Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Introduced into Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya Tanzania Uganda Macaronesia Canary Is. Madeira Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension St.Helena Northeast Tropical Africa Chad Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Northern Africa Tunisia South Tropical Africa Angola Mozambique Southern Africa Cape Provinces West Tropical Africa Benin Burkina Gambia | The Guinea Ivory Coast Senegal Sierra Leone Togo West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon Gabon Gulf of Guinea Is. Zaire Western Indian Ocean Aldabra Chagos Archipelago Comoros Mauritius Mozambique Channel Is. Rodrigues Réunion Seychelles Asia-Temperate China China South-Central China Southeast Eastern Asia Kazan-retto Ogasawara-shoto Taiwan Western Asia Cyprus Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam Bangladesh East Himalaya India Laccadive Is. Maldives Indo-China Andaman Is. Cambodia Myanmar Nicobar Is. South China Sea Thailand Vietnam Malesia Borneo Christmas I. Jawa Lesser Sunda Is. Malaya Philippines Sumatera Papuasia New Guinea Australasia Australia Queensland New Zealand Kermadec Is. Europe Southeastern Europe Italy Kriti Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast Mexico Southwest Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama Florida Southwestern U.S.A. California Pacific North-Central Pacific Hawaii Northwestern Pacific Caroline Is. Marianas Marshall Is. Wake I. South-Central Pacific Cook Is. Easter Is. Marquesas Society Is. Tuamotu Tubuai Is. Southwestern Pacific Fiji Gilbert Is. Nauru New Caledonia Niue Phoenix Is. Samoa Tokelau-Manihiki Tonga Vanuatu Southern America Caribbean Aruba Bahamas Cayman Is. Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica Leeward Is. Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Southwest Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago Turks-Caicos Is. Windward Is. Central America Belize Central American Pacific Is. Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panamá Northern South America French Guiana Southern South America Argentina Northeast Western South America Galápagos

Africa Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Introduced into Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya Tanzania Uganda Macaronesia Canary Is. Madeira Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension St.Helena Northeast Tropical Africa Chad Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Northern Africa Tunisia South Tropical Africa Angola Mozambique Southern Africa Cape Provinces West Tropical Africa Benin Burkina Gambia | The Guinea Ivory Coast Senegal Sierra Leone Togo West-Central Tropical Africa Cameroon Gabon Gulf of Guinea Is. Zaire Western Indian Ocean Aldabra Chagos Archipelago Comoros Mauritius Mozambique Channel Is. Rodrigues Réunion Seychelles Asia-Temperate China China South-Central China Southeast Eastern Asia Kazan-retto Ogasawara-shoto Taiwan Western Asia Cyprus Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam Bangladesh East Himalaya India Laccadive Is. Maldives Indo-China Andaman Is. Cambodia Myanmar Nicobar Is. South China Sea Thailand Vietnam Malesia Borneo Christmas I. Jawa Lesser Sunda Is. Malaya Philippines Sumatera Papuasia New Guinea Australasia Australia Queensland New Zealand Kermadec Is. Europe Southeastern Europe Italy Kriti Northern America Mexico Mexico Southeast Mexico Southwest Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama Florida Southwestern U.S.A. California Pacific North-Central Pacific Hawaii Northwestern Pacific Caroline Is. Marianas Marshall Is. Wake I. South-Central Pacific Cook Is. Easter Is. Marquesas Society Is. Tuamotu Tubuai Is. Southwestern Pacific Fiji Gilbert Is. Nauru New Caledonia Niue Phoenix Is. Samoa Tokelau-Manihiki Tonga Vanuatu Southern America Caribbean Aruba Bahamas Cayman Is. Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica Leeward Is. Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Southwest Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago Turks-Caicos Is. Windward Is. Central America Belize Central American Pacific Is. Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Panamá Northern South America French Guiana Southern South America Argentina Northeast Western South America Galápagos

Data confidence: low

Synonyms

  • Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small
  • Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
  • Catharanthus roseus var. albus G.Don