Catharanthus roseus

This product is Apocynaceae plant Catharanthus roseus Catharanthus roseus ( L. ) G.Don entire grass. ( British) Madagascar Periwinkle Herb
Alias: tricolour amaranth, the new.
Plant morphology: perennial herbs or subshrubs, high 30 ~ 70cm, young branchlets green or reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves opposite, oblong shape pouring egg, long 3 ~ 4cm, width of 1.5 ~ 2.5cm, entire or slightly West, Guangdong, Yunnan wild. A cultivation.
Sampling: annual recoverable, use fresh or dried.
Chemical composition: containing more than 70 species of alkaloids, mainly in Changchun alkali ( vinblastine ), vincristine ( leurocristine ), ajmalicine ( ajmalicine ), lochneridine, lochnericine, carharosin etc..
Taste: cool, slightly bitter taste.
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Functions: cooling step-down, tranquilizing the mind. For hypertension, the fire burned, malignant lymphoma, choriocarcinoma, monocytic leukemia.

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