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| Flora of |
Jammu |
| Botanical name |
Catharanthus
roseus (L.)
G. Don |
| Synonyms |
= Vinca
rosea
Linn. |
| Family |
Apocynaceae |
| Plant Stage |
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| Place of Collection |
R.R.L Nursery |
| Altitude (m) |
- |
| Date of Collection |
2-09-1963 |
| Accession No. |
9932 |
| Total Accessions |
5 |
| Shelf Placement Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. 17/d |
| Remarks: An erect herb, 30-60 cm high. Leaves opposite obovate, oblanceolate , obtuse and mucronate at apex. Flowers solitary , axillary. Calyx 5- partite. Corolla salver - shaped, rosy or white, tube cylinderic, throat constricted. Stamens above the middle of the tube. Carpels 2, distinct. Follicles 2, slender, erect or spreading. Seeds subcylindric , truncate at both sides. |
| Identified by |
A.K.Dutt |
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