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The most powerful anticancer drugs come from this flower in the rainforest:

Marigold


Periwinkle


Orchids


Hibiscus

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Periwinkle

Step-by-step explanation:

The Madagascar Periwinkle is used to make two kinds of cancer treating drugs.

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Periwinkle

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Paclitaxel, an anticancer drug from the Pacific Yew tree (Taxus brevifolia), has also undergone a development process that also spans a few decades. Researchers first began collecting the plant in the 1960s; it was approved by the FDA for cancer treatment in 1993.

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