• Family : Apocynaceae
  (Dogbane Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
• Synonym(s) : Carissa congesta Wight; Jasminonerium edule (Forssk.) Kuntze
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carissa spinarum L.
• Common name : Small carissa
• Vernacular name : Karonda, Karaunda (Hindi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Found on the Ridge in dry and stony places
• Comments / notes : Fruits are pickled and edible when ripe; Corolla tube become reddish outside and somewhat inflated
• Key identification features : Armed shrub with straight or slightly curved spines. Leaves are simple, thin, and broadly ovate or sub orbicular, up to 2.5 inch long,1.5 inch broad. Inflorescence is a cyme, flowers are white and ciliate. Fruit is a 4 seeded berry.
• Flower, Fruit : March-August
• Distribution :
  • Haryana : Gurgaon district
• Native : Africa to Indo-China, Australia to New Caledonia
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Africa, Asia and Australia
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 213
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Carissa spinarum. Downloaded on 28 March 2023.

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