naturalizedApocynaceae
Catharanthus roseus
Madagascar Periwinkle
Catharanthus roseus, commonly known as the Madagascar periwinkle, rose periwinkle, or rosy periwinkle, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family Apocynaceae. It is native and endemic to Madagascar, but grown elsewhere as an ornamental and medicinal plant, a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. Other English names include Vinca, Cape periwinkle, rose periwinkle, rosy periwinkle, and "old-maid". It was formerly included in the genus Vinca as Vinca rosea.
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documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 197 · GBIF 294 records
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 17 · GBIF 26 ✓
Kalihi · MauiiNat 10 · GBIF 33 ✓
Hōnaunau · HawaiʻiiNat 14 · GBIF 21 ✓
Kēōkea · HawaiʻiiNat 13 · GBIF 18 ✓
Keauhou 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 11 ✓
Keahuolū · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 9 ✓
Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 12 ✓
Kaloko · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kanahena · MauiiNat 5 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kaʻawaloa · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 8 ✓
Kalalau · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 6 ✓
Hāʻena · KauaʻiiNat 5 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kailua · OʻahuiNat 4 · GBIF 5 ✓
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 7 ✓
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 6 · GBIF 3 ✓
Waimea, Waikoloa · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 4 ✓
Keaʻau · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 5 ✓
Lāwai · KauaʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 4 ✓
Waikele · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 3 ✓
Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kiʻilae · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
ʻAnaehoʻomalu · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kēōkea · MauiiNat 3 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kapaʻa · KauaʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Honokōwai · MauiiNat 4 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 4 ✓
Kawaihae 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Makaweli · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Punaluʻu · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 3 ✓
Kalauao · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kealakekua, Kīloa 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kauleolī 1-2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Palauea · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Maunalua · OʻahuiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanakaʻōʻō · MauiiNat 2 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paeahu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Pōhakuao · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Wailua · KauaʻiiNat 3
Moanalua · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Hanalei · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Kaluako‘i · MolokaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 2 ✓
Papaka Kai · MauiGBIF 3
Kalihi · OʻahuGBIF 3
Kauhakō · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaoa 1-5 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Paunau · MauiiNat 2
Hāmākuapoko · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hōlualoa 4 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Naholoku · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kalaupapa · MolokaʻiiNat 2
Waiohuli · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Puʻuʻeo · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waiehu · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waikapū · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keʻei 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kīlauea · KauaʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Hāmoa · MauiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Waipiʻo · OʻahuiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Keauhou 1 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1 ✓
Kahaluʻu · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Mohopilo · MauiGBIF 2
Honouliuli · OʻahuGBIF 2
Manukā · HawaiʻiGBIF 2
Hālawa · MolokaʻiGBIF 2
Kaʻauhuhu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiheʻe · MauiiNat 1
Moʻoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Waiakoa · MauiiNat 1
Kōloa · KauaʻiiNat 1
Kawaipapa · MauiiNat 1
Kaʻūpūlehu · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Honomanü · MauiiNat 1
Keauhou · MauiiNat 1
Honomū, Kuhua · HawaiʻiiNat 1
Nāwiliwili · KauaʻiiNat 1
Pūpūkea · OʻahuiNat 1
Nuʻu · MauiGBIF 1
Pāpā 2 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Ponahawai · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimea · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kalapakī · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Kuliʻouʻou · OʻahuGBIF 1
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Waimānalo · OʻahuGBIF 1
Wainiha · KauaʻiGBIF 1
Nāpili 4-5 · MauiGBIF 1
Kaʻohe 4 · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Wailuku · MauiGBIF 1
West Honomāʻele · MauiGBIF 1
Kahuku · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
ʻŌuli · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kaimū · HawaiʻiGBIF 1
Kapaʻau · HawaiʻiGBIF 1