| Family Name | Apocynaceae |
| Scientific name | Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don |
| Common name | Days of Spring grass every day, Daily, 30,000 flowers, clock grass |
| Growth habit | Perennial herbs or subshrubs. |
| Leaf | Oblong leaves green, oblong or obovate, apex obtuse. |
| Flower | In summer, opens pink or white flowers, inflorescence cymose; axillary or the top students; the Corolla rose red, pink or white, periwinkle stamens, Corolla high foot dish, solitary or on the leaf axils. |
| Fruit | Follicles slender, erect, the seeds with granular small protrusions. |
| More to learn | Native to Madagascar, Java and Brazil, located in Africa, subtropical, tropical, and mainland China, East China, Southwest, Central South and other places . Also it is a toxic plant after eating will cause leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, muscle weakness, limb paralysis and other symptoms. |
| Properties | Flower: Cool slightly bitter taste, cooling blood buck sedative. |
| Treats | The whole plant medicine can relieve pain, anti-inflammatory, sleep, laxative and diuretic. Also compatibility into the compound of the treatment of cancer. The milk contained alkaloids such as vinblastine and vincristine, which is extracted as a chemotherapy drug. |
| Reference | General information on Catharanthus roseus Plant Profile on Catharanthus roseus Gallery on Catharanthus roseus |