Apocynaceae
Madagascar periwinkle
Catharanthus roseus
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Catharanthus
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Common names
By language (55)
- Arabic
- كتارنتوس وردي, فنكا, ونكا, تفته, عين القط, ونكة
- arz
- كاثارانثوس روزوس
- Assamese
- নয়নতৰা
- Azerbaijani
- Çəhrayı katarantus
- Bangla
- নয়নতারা
- Bhojpuri
- गुलाबी सदाबहार, कैथेरेंथस रोज़स, पिंक पेरिविंकल
- bpy
- নয়নতারা, পেরিউইঙ্কল, মাদাগাস্কার পেরিউইঙ্কল
- Bulgarian
- Розов катарантус
- Burmese
- သင်္ဘောမညိုးပန်း
- Catalan
- Pruenga de jardí, Pervinca
- Chinese
- 長春花, 长春花, 日日春, 四時春, 日日新, 日日草, 梓叶, 雁来红
- Czech
- Barvínkovec růžový
- Divehi
- މަލިކުރުވާ
- Dutch
- Roze maagdenpalm, Soldatenbloem
- English
- Madagascar periwinkle, Periwinkle
- Finnish
- Punakatara, Cataranthus roseus, Katara, Punatalvio
- French
- Pervenche de Madagascar
- frr
- Madagaskar Imergreen
- German
- Rosafarbene Catharanthe, Cataranthus roseus, Madagaskar-Immergrün, Rosafarbenes Zimmerimmergrün
- Greek
- Βίγκα της Μαδαγασκάρης, Βίγκα, Δαφνούλα
- Haitian Creole
- Kakapoul
- Hebrew
- וינקה ורודה
- Hindi
- सदाबहार
- hsb
- Róžowy barbjenk
- Hungarian
- Rózsás meténg
- Indonesian
- Tapak dara, Rosy periwinkle
- Japanese
- ニチニチソウ, 日々草, 日日草
- Javanese
- Tapak dara
- Kannada
- ಸದಾಪುಷ್ಪ
- Kinyarwanda
- Idaforoma
- Konkani
- सदाफुली
- lah
- نین تارہ
- Malagasy
- Tonga
- Malay
- Bunga tapak dara, Kembang sari cina, Pokok Bunga Tapak Dara, Pokok Kemunting Cina, Ros pantai, Rumput jalang, Tapak dara
- Malayalam
- നിത്യകല്യാണി, Periwinkle, അഞ്ചിലത്തെറ്റി, ഉഷമലരി, ഉഷാമലരി, ശവംനാറി, ശവക്കോട്ടപച്ച, ശവക്കോട്ടപ്പച്ച
- Marathi
- सदाफुली
- mnw
- ကဴသၞေဝ်ကၟတ်
- nan
- Ji̍t-ji̍t-chhun
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rosegravmyrt
- pam
- Sitsirica
- Persian
- گل پریوش
- Polish
- Barwinek różowy
- Russian
- Катарантус розовый, Барвинок розовый
- shn
- မွၵ်ႇလၢဝ်လႅင်း, တူၼ်ႈမွၵ်ႇလၢဝ်လႅင်း
- Sindhi
- سدا ڦل
- Slovak
- Katarant ružový
- Slovenian
- Madagaskarski zimzelen, Rožnati zimzelen
- Spanish
- Alegria de la casa, Alegría de la casa, C roseus, C. roseus
- Sundanese
- Tapak dara
- Tamil
- நித்திய கல்யாணி, சுடுகாட்டுமல்லி, நித்தியகல்யாணி, நித்யகல்யாணி, பட்டிப்பூ,
- tcy
- ಸದಾ ಪುಷ್ಪ
- Telugu
- బిళ్ళ గన్నేరు
- Thai
- แพงพวยฝรั่ง, แพงพวย
- Ukrainian
- Катарантус рожевий
- Vietnamese
- Dừa cạn, Bông dừa, Cây bông dừa, Cây hải đằng, Dương giác, Hải đằng, Trường xuân hoa
Synonyms
- Ammocallis rosea (L.) Small
- Catharanthus roseus var. albus G.Don
- Lachnea rosea (L.) Rchb.
- Lochnera rosea (L.) Rchb. ex K.Schum.
- Lochnera rosea (L.) K.Schum.
- Lochnera rosea f. alba (Sweet) Woodson
- Lochnera rosea var. alba (G.Don) Hubbard
- Lochnera rosea var. flava Tsiang
- Lochnera rosea var. ocellata (Sweet) Woodson
- Pervinca rosea (L.) Gaterau
- Pervinca rosea (L.) Moench
- Vinca guilelmi-waldemarii Klotzsch
- Vinca rosea L.
- Vinca rosea var. alba Sweet
- Vinca rosea var. albiflora Bertol.
- Vinca rosea var. rosea
- Vinca speciosa Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 4,296 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Navassa Island: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Bailey Duncan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ethan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Suhel Quader, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: imbeaul, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: ৰাজদ্বীপ ৰাজবংশী, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: lallen, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: imbeaul, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pedro Henrique Maloso Ramos, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: imbeaul, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.