VICAR
catharanthus roseus
VICAR
Other common names
Madagascar, Dominica, Violeta white Chavelita
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Description
Woody grass, well branched, up to 80 cm. tall. Opposite dark green leaves, shiny on top, cutting petiolated. relatively large flowers, axillary, solitary or in small groups; corolla of variable coloration, white and purple. The fruit is a follicle, dehiscent, green Carmelite to mature, containing many seeds black.
Source
Natural de Madagascar (south-eastern Africa), currently spread across tropical regions around the world.
Location
Cultivated as ornamental and medicinal properties. Break of the crop in coastal sandy land in and around public roads and paths.
Useful part
The flowers
Form collection
Take flowers with petals deployed (horizontal) independent of their color or use preferably fresh
Medicinal properties recognized
System:
Pharmacological action
Structure eye infection
Dosage forms described
Medicinal plant
Route of administration
Topical
Other properties attributed
(Not yet approved) Hoyas primitive roots purgatives, worming, depurativas, haemostatic, odontálgicas, hypoglycemic
Warning
Unknown
Other Uses
Ornamental plant. Industrial raw material source of alkaloids with antitumor properties
Components
The leaves and roots are characterized by the presence of more than 60 alkaloids from the group of natures. Among the most important for its antineoplastic activity include vincristine and vinblastine.
Cultivation
Propagate by seeds. Planting must be done in the early months of winter and the position must be fueled by no less than 60 days. They develop into all types of soil and needs to be grown in full sun. Undemanding in terms of water supply
Form of preparation
Boil for not less than 5 min. a handful of fresh flowers per liter of water. When cool place with cotton on the eyes
Bibliographic references
Granda, M. Acosta and Lerida. Notes on the cultivation of medicinal plants IV: Catharantus roseus (L!), G. Don (Madagascar). tropical crops 6 (2) :491-498; 1984
Cuellar, A. and Nidia Rojas. The microbiological inhibitory action of several excerpts from the Cantharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don (Report), University of Havana, 1986.
Rogier, J. T. Medicinal plants, aromatic or poisonous to Cuba. Havana: Editorial Scientific Technical, 1988, 1125 p.