Periwinkle

Periwinkle:-

Botanical Name:- Catharanthus roseus

Family:- Apocynaceae

Economic Importance:-

> Plant is used in cancer and diabetes; root paste is used in septic wounds.

> Root decoction is used in fever.

> Leaves are used in menorrhagia.

> Leaf juice is used in blood dysentery. 

> The decoction of leaf is used for babies in gripping pain while the latex is useful in scabies.