Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Apocynaceae | Genus: Carissa | Species: Carissa spinarum Linn. |
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Flower |
Fruit |
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| Synonym | Carissa opaca Stapf Ex Haines, Antura edulis Forssk. Carissa laxiflora Benth. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Karaunda, Jungli Karonda | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Conkerberry, Bush Plum | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Karaunda | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 900m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Fruit, an ovoid berry, 9 mm in length, 6 mm in diameter, 642 mg in weight |
| Habitat | Common in the plains from the coast, in scrub jungles | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar | Bark Details | Bark, light brown to green, can be stripped off longitudinally by hand |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 6 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Evergreen, erect, bushy-diffused shrubs, with rigid, spreading branches. Bark grayish-white. Spines 2-5 cm long, straight or forked, usually at the base of branches. Leaves, elliptic or ovate to sub orbicular, 1.2-3.5 × 0.8-2.2 cm, acute or mucronate. Flowers white, fragrant, in few-flowered corymbose cymes. Calyx teeth 5, lanceolate, ciliate. Corolla tube cylindrical. Ovary 2-celled. Berries subglobose or elliptic, 0.6-1 cm long, purplish-black, juicy when ripe. Seeds 2 | Leaf Details | Leaves ovate, 4.5 cm long, 2.5 cm broad, leathery, venation, reticulate pinnate,margin, entire. Petiole 3 mm long |
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