Periwinkle flower-Basavanapada Hoovu(in Kannada) | Flower names in Kannada

Periwinkle flower(ಬಸವನ ಪಾದ)

Common names: Bright eyes, Cape periwinkle, graveyard plant, Madagascar periwinkle, old maid, pink periwinkle, rose periwinkle

Binomial name: Catharanthus roseus

Periwinkle in kannada: ಸದಾ ಪುಷ್ಪ / ನಿತ್ಯ ಪುಷ್ಪ / ನಿತ್ಯ ಕಣಗಲ / ಬಸವನ ಪಾದ 

This plant is native of madagascar and is commonly grown as ornamental plants.

This plant has many medicinal values and is used as source of drug to treat cancer.