Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

Tropical forest

Range

Madagascar

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Seeds

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This flowering shrub grows in the tropical forests of Madagascar. Its seeds germinate in only seven days when exposed to constant darkness.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Catharanthus

Species

Catharanthus roseus