Scientific Name :
Carissa carandas L.
Synonym :
Arduina carandas (L.) Baill.
Carissa salicina Lam.
Common Name : Jungli Karonda, Karvand, Wild karanda
Plant Family : Apocynaceae
Habit : Shrub
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : December to April
Flower Colour : White
Description : Height: Upto 5 m
Stem: Armed, spinous, bushy appearance
Leaves: Opposite, obovate, elliptical shining above
Flowers: Calyx 5 lobed, corolla salver shaped 5 lobed, stamens within corolla tube, bicarpellary, ovules 4, hairy stigma
Inflorescence: Corymbose cymes
Fruits: Berry, green when young, turns pruple as it matures, fully riped turns
black, Seeds 4 or more, seeds with sticky glands
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : CH, JM
Distribution Range : India, SE. Bangladesh.
Uses : Roots boiled in water and used in snake bite
Fruits used in pickling
