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General
- Periwinkle is native
to Madagascar.
- Periwinkle is a
garden plant that escapes from cultivation.
- Periwinkle is a
desaturated color in the blue/indigo/violet family.
- Periwinkle is also
called lavender blue.
- It may be considered
a pastel indigo.
- Periwinkle blue is
the color for stomach cancer awareness ribbons.
- There are two classes
of active compounds in lesser periwinkle—alkaloids and tannins.
Cultivation
- Madagascar periwinkle
may be grown as a tender perennial in California and Florida or
cultivated as an annual elsewhere.
- Madagascar periwinkle
does best in poor, well-drained soils.
- Madagascar periwinkle
should be watered moderately during the growing season, but it is
relatively drought resistant once established.
- Madagascar periwinkle
is usually grown from seed, but also can be rooted from cuttings taken
in spring or summer.
Uses
- Madagascar periwinkle
contains a virtual cornucopia of toxic and useful alkaloids.
- Extracts from
Madagascar periwinkle have been shown to be effective in the treatment
of various kinds of leukemia, skin cancer, lymph cancer, breast cancer
and Hodgkin's disease.
- Rosy Periwinkle has
been used to treat high blood sugar in diabetics, and many cultures
still drink teas made out of the plant for
this purpose.
Market
Most of the
periwinkles harvested go directly to the Boston market and are
distributed from there to markets across the
United States and in Europe and
Asia.
The quality of
periwinkles is much more consistent than for the sea urchins but beach
prices are still largely influenced by market forces
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