Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Apocynaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Somewhat woody, usually branched, pubescent, 8 dm. high or less. Leaves oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, 3-8 cm. long, obtuse or retuse at the apex, mueronulate, narrowed at the base into short petioles; peduncles very short, pubescent; calyx-lobes linear-subulate, 3-4 mm long, pubescent; corolla white or pink, the finely pubescent tube 2.5-3 cm. long, the oblique lobes somewhat shorter than the tube; follicles cylindric, pubescent, 2-3 cm. long.
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Distribution
Waste grounds, naturalized, Great Cay, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cat Island, Acklin's, Long Island, Grand Turk, Salt Cay and Inagua : Florida ; West Indies ; continental tropical America, Old World tropics. Erroneously called Tulip and Sweet William. Red Periwinkle. Old Maid.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|