Assertion: periwinkle | /r/HasProperty | catharanthus roseus
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text: Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) is an evergreen perennial in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae spp.) growing in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11 and grown as an annual elsewhere.
text: The chemotherapy agent known as vincristine is extracted from Vinca rosea (Catharanthus roseus) is used to treat disease such as diabetes, leukemias, high blood pressure, lymphomas, stroke and childhood cancers as well as several other types of cancer and some non-cancerous conditions.
text: Vinca rosea, now known as Catharanthus roseus or Madagascar periwinkle, originated on the island of Madagascar.
text: The genus also used to include Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus), which is a popular perennial in southern countries, and is sometimes grown in Finland as a house plant.
text: Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) has proved to be an effective screening tool for treatments to control Huanglongbing (HLB), according to Yong-Ping Duan of the ARS U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory (USHRL) in Fort Pierce, Fla.