Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Apocynaceae | Genus: Carissa | Species: Carissa spinarum Linn.( जंगली करौंदा ) |
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| Synonym | Carissa opaca Stapf Ex Haines, Antura edulis Forssk. Carissa laxiflora Benth. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Jungli Karonda | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Conkerberry, Bush Plum | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Karaunda | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Upto 900m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | Berries subglobose or elliptic, purplish-black, juicy when ripe, seeds 2 |
| 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 Haryana | Ambala, Bhiwani, Faridabad, Fatehabad, Gurgaon, Hisar, Jhajjar, Jind, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, M. Garh, Mewat, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Rewari, Rohtak, Sirsa, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar | 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 straight or forked, usually at the base of branches. Leaves, elliptic or ovate to sub orbicular, 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, purplish-black, juicy when ripe, seeds 2 | Leaf Details | Leaves, elliptic or ovate to sub orbicular, acute or mucronate. |
