Habit: A spreading, spiny shrub, upto 4m.
Carissa spinarum L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Antura edulis Forssk. |
synonym | Antura hadiensis J.F.Gmel. |
synonym | Arduina brownii K.Schum. |
synonym | Arduina campenonii Drake |
synonym | Arduina edulis (Forssk.) Spreng. |
synonym | Arduina inermis (Vahl) K.Schum. |
synonym | Arduina laxiflora (Benth.) K.Schum. |
synonym | Arduina xylopicron (Thouars) Baill. |
synonym | Cabucala brachyantha Pichon |
synonym | Carandas edulis (Forssk.) Hiern |
synonym | Carissa axillaris Roxb. |
synonym | Carissa brownii F.Muell. |
synonym | Carissa brownii var. angustifolia Kempe |
synonym | Carissa brownii var. ovata (R.Br.) Maiden & Betche |
synonym | Carissa campenonii (Drake) Palacky |
synonym | Carissa candolleana Jaub. & Spach |
synonym | Carissa carandas Lodd. |
synonym | Carissa carandas var. congesta (Wight) Bedd. |
synonym | Carissa carandas var. paucinervia (A.DC.) Bedd. |
synonym | Carissa cochinchinensis Pierre ex Pitard |
synonym | Carissa comorensis (Pichon) Markgr. |
synonym | Carissa congesta Wight |
synonym | Carissa coriacea Wall. ex G.Don |
synonym | Carissa cornifolia Jaub. & Spach |
synonym | Carissa dalzellii Bedd. |
synonym | Carissa densiflora Baker |
synonym | Carissa densiflora var. microphylla Danguy ex Lecomte |
synonym | Carissa diffusa Roxb. |
synonym | Carissa dulcis Schumach. & Thonn. |
synonym | Carissa edulis (Forssk.) Vahl |
synonym | Carissa edulis f. nummularis (Pichon) Markgr. |
synonym | Carissa edulis f. pubescens (A.DC.) Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis subsp. continentalis Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis subsp. madagascariensis (Thouars) Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. ambungana Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. comorensis Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. densiflora (Baker) Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. horrida (Pichon) Markgr. |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. lucubea Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. major Stapf |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. microphylla (Danguy ex Lecomte) Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. revoluta (Scott-Elliot) Markgr. |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. sechellensis (Baker) Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. septentrionalis Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. subtrinervia Pichon |
synonym | Carissa edulis var. tomentosa (A.Rich.) Stapf |
synonym | Carissa gangetica Stapf ex Gamble |
synonym | Carissa hirsuta Roth |
synonym | Carissa horrida Pichon |
synonym | Carissa inermis Vahl |
synonym | Carissa lanceolata Dalzell |
synonym | Carissa laotica Pitard |
synonym | Carissa laotica var. ferruginea Kerr |
synonym | Carissa laxiflora Benth. |
synonym | Carissa macrophylla Wall. ex G. Don |
synonym | Carissa madagascariensis Thouars |
synonym | Carissa mitis Heynh. ex A.DC. |
synonym | Carissa obovata Markgr. |
synonym | Carissa oleoides Markgr. |
synonym | Carissa opaca Stapf ex Haines |
synonym | Carissa ovata R.Br. |
synonym | Carissa ovata var. pubescens F.M.Bailey |
synonym | Carissa ovata var. stolonifera F.M.Bailey |
synonym | Carissa papuana Markgr. |
synonym | Carissa paucinervia A.DC. |
synonym | Carissa pilosa Schinz |
synonym | Carissa pubescens A.DC. |
synonym | Carissa revoluta Scott Elliott |
synonym | Carissa richardiana Jaub. & Spach |
synonym | Carissa scabra R.Br. |
synonym | Carissa sechellensis Baker |
synonym | Carissa septentrionalis (Pichon) Markgr. |
synonym | Carissa stolonifera (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey ex Perrot & Vogt |
synonym | Carissa suavissima Bedd. ex Hook. fil. |
synonym | Carissa tomentosa A.Rich. |
synonym | Carissa velutina Domin |
synonym | Carissa villosa Roxb. |
synonym | Carissa xylopicron Thouars |
synonym | Carissa yunnanensis Tsiang & P.T. Li |
synonym | Damnacanthus esquirolii H.Lév. |
synonym | Jasminonerium densiflorum (Baker) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium dulce (Schumach. & Thonn.) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium edule (Forssk.) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium inerme (Vahl) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium laxiflorum (Benth.) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium madagascariense (Thouars) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium ovatum (R.Br.) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium pubescens (A.DC.) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium sechellense (Baker) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium suavissimum (Bedd. ex Hook.f.) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium tomentosum (A.Rich.) Kuntze |
synonym | Jasminonerium xylopicron (Thouars) Kuntze |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Morphology
Growth Form
Tree
Flower
In terminal or axillary cymes; white. Flowering from February-April.
Fruit
A globose berry; green tinged red, dark blue when ripe; seeds 4, ellipsoid. Fruiting throughout the year.
Field tips
Branchlets with forked spines. Latex white.
Leaf Arrangement
Opposite-decussate
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Elliptic-ovate
Leaf Apex
Acute
Leaf Base
Acute
Leaf Margin
Entire
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Miscellaneous Details
Fruits edible.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Common in the plains from the coast, in scrub jungles. Found upto 900m, on degraded slopes. India, Sri Lanka, Burma.
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Description
Found in deciduous forests and scrub jungles from plains to 900m. Common. India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unripe fruits are pickled and the ripe fruits are eaten raw or made into jams and jellies. Regular intake of the tender fruits helps to cure mouth ulcers.
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System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=448
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=448
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=448
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Gentianales |
Family | Apocynaceae |
Genus | Carissa |
Species | Carissa spinarum L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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