Pan India Bouquets

Carissa spinarum L.

Family : Apocynaceae
(DOGBANE FAMILY)
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.
Native : Africa to Indo-China, Australia to New Caledonia
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 29 November 2020.