VICAR
catharanthus roseus
VICAR
catharanthus roseus
Other
common
names.
Madagascar, Dominica, Violeta white Chavelita.
Botanical
family
.
Apocynaceae.
Description.
Woody grass, well branched, up to 80 cm. tall. Opposite dark green leaves, shiny on top, cutting petiolated. relatively large flowers, axillary, solitary or in small groups; corolla of variable coloration, white and
purple
. The fruit is
a
follicle, dehiscent, green Carmelite to
mature
, containing many seeds black.
Source
.
Natural
de Madagascar (south - eastern Africa) currently spread across tropical regions around the world.
Location.
Cultivated as ornamental and medicinal properties. Break of the crop in coastal sandy land in and around public roads and paths.
Useful part.
The flowers.
Form collection.
Take flowers with petals deployed (horizontal) independent of their color or use preferably fresh.
Medicinal properties recognized.
System
:
Pharmacological action.
Structure eye
infection
.
Dosage forms described.
Medicinal plant.
Route of administration.
Topical.
Other properties attributed.
Not yet approved) Hoyas primitive roots purgatives, worming, depurativas, haemostatic, odontálgicas, hypoglycemic.
Warning.
Unknown.
Other Uses.
Ornamental plant. Industrial raw material
source
of alkaloids with antitumor properties.
Components.
The leaves and roots are characterized by the presence of more than 60 alkaloids from the group of
natures
. Among the most important for its antineoplastic
activity
include vincristine and vinblastine.
Cultivation.
Propagate by seeds. Planting must be done in the early months of
winter
and the
position
must be fueled by no less than 60 days. They
develop
into all types of soil and needs to be grown in full sun. Undemanding in terms of water supply.
Form of preparation.
Boil for not less than 5 min.
a
handful of fresh flowers per
liter
of water. When cool place with
cotton
on the eyes.
Bibliographic references.
Granda, M. Acosta and Lerida. Notes on the cultivation of medicinal plants IV: Catharantus roseus (L! G. Don (Madagascar) tropical crops 6 (2) 491 - 498; 1984.
Cuellar,
A
. and Nidia Rojas. The microbiological inhibitory action of several excerpts from the Cantharanthus roseus (L. G. Don (Report) University of Havana, 1986.
Rogier, J.
T
. Medicinal plants,
aromatic
or poisonous to Cuba. Havana: Editorial Scientific Technical, 1988, 1125
p
.
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