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Leaves of the small periwinkle. Poisonous plant due to its alkaloid content, especially vincamine and eburnamenine. see also Vinca alkaloids. No longer permitted as a plant today, obsolete!
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The drug vincristine was developed from the alkaloids of periwinkle.