Water droplets on Catharanthus roseus

Water droplets shot - Capture the beautiful shot as water droplets slowly falls into the Catharanthus roseus flower.

The substances vinblastine and vincristine extracted from this plant are used in the treatment of leukemia and Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as the Madagascar rosy periwinkle, is a species of Catharanthus native and endemic to Madagascar. Other English names occasionally used include Cape periwinkle, rose periwinkle, rosy periwinkle, and "old-maid".

It is an evergreen subshrub or herbaceous plant growing to 1 m tall. The leaves are oval to oblong, 2.5--9 cm long and 1--3.5 cm broad, glossy green, hairless, with a pale midrib and a short petiole 1--1.8 cm long; they are arranged in opposite pairs. The flowers are white to dark pink with a darker red centre, with a basal tube 2.5--3 cm long and a corolla 2--5 cm diameter with five petal-like lobes. The fruit is a pair of follicles 2--4 cm long and 3 mm broad.
In the wild, it is an endangered plant; the main cause of decline is habitat destruction by slash and burn agriculture. It is also however widely cultivated and is naturalised in subtropical and tropical areas of the world.

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