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</p><p><b>kat-uh-RANTH-us</b> -- pure (immaculate) flower
<b>RO-zee-us</b> -- rosy 
<b>VIN-kuh</b> -- to bind
<b>RO-zee-uh</b> -- rosy
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: Cape periwinkle, Madagascar periwinkle, periwinkle • <b>Bengali</b>: নযনতারা nayantara • <b>Hindi</b>: सदाबहार sadabahar, सदाफूली sadaphuli, सदासुहागी sadasuhagi • <b>Konkani</b>: सदापुष्प sadapushpa • <b>Persian</b>: gul-e-farang • <b>Malayalam</b>: shavam naari • <b>Marathi</b>: सदाफुली sadaphuli
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: Madagascar
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Periwinkle%20pink.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periwinkle_(plant)" class="extiw" title="en:Periwinkle (plant)">Wikipedia</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/catharantus_roseus.htm">Top Tropicals</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/315611500/">gul-e-farang (in Persian)</a>