Carissa spinarum
Bush Plum, Conkerberry
Other regional names: Currant Bush +3 more
- Currant Bush
- Egyptian Carissa
- Num Num
- Wild Karanda
Also known as: Antura edulis Forssk. +18 more
- Antura edulis Forssk.
- Antura hadiensis J.F.Gmel.
- Arduina brownii K.Schum.
- Arduina campenonii Drake
- Arduina edulis (Forssk.) Spreng.
- Arduina xylopicron (Thouars) Baill.
- Cabucala brachyantha Pichon
- Carandas edulis (Forssk.) Hiern
- Carissa abyssinica R.Br.
- Carissa axillaris Roxb.
- Carissa brownii var. angustifolia Kempe
- Carissa campenonii (Drake) Palacký
- Carissa candolleana Jaub. & Spach
- Carissa carandas Lodd.
- Carissa cochinchinensis Pierre ex Pit.
- Carissa comorensis (Pichon) Markgr.
- Carissa coriacea Wall.
- Carissa coriacea Wall. ex G.Don
- Carissa cornifolia Jaub. & Spach
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Apocynaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a scrambling shrub or tree.
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Indigenous to Africa, Temperate Asia, and Tropical Asia, Carissa spinarum (commonly known as Bush Plum or Conkerberry) is a scrambling shrub or tree belonging to the Apocynaceae family. Within its native range, this species is most commonly linked to seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Macro Climate
Tropical
Plant Type
Tree
Plant Type
Shrub
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL
Regions (WGSRPD)
Arabian Peninsula, China, East Tropical Africa, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Macaronesia, Northeast Tropical Africa, Northern Africa, South Tropical Africa, Southern Africa, West Tropical Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Western Indian Ocean
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Aldabra, Andaman Is., Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, East Himalaya, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicobar Is., Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Socotra, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe