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The karanda is native and common throughout much of India, Burma and dry areas of Ceylon. The species was introduced into other countries in south east Asia – Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, South Vietnam and the Philippines and to East Africa and the new world. In Java, it has naturalised and run wild.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Carissa spinarum. In: Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7_35

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