Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park, Ayurvedic Udyan, Sarita Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra, Infocity, Aranya Van
About Catharanthus roseus Plant :
Habit : An erect, everblooming, ornamental herb, with branched tap root system.
Stem : Erect, cylindrical, branched, solid, purple red with milky latex, pubescent.
Leaves : Simple, exstipulate, opposite decussate subsessile or petiolate, ovate or obovate, entire, mucronate, unicostate reticulate.
Inflorescence : Solitary axillary or dichasial cyme.
Corolla made up of 5 petals, gamopetalous, twisted, pink, violet or purple in colour, hypocrateriform, throat of corolla swollen in which are present the stamens.