Herbarium JCB

Carissa spinarum L.

Family : APOCYNACEAE
(DOGBANE FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Apocynaceae
Species : Carissa spinarum
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Carissa spinarum L.
Common name : Small Carissa
Vernacular name : Karonda, Karaunda (Hin.); Sirukilaa (Tam.); Palaregi, Kalivi, Chinna kalivi, Chinna vaaka (Tel.); Auka kuli, Ankhu-koli, Dud koli, San karenda, Pham pham mali (Ori.); Karamarada (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0499
Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, Navendu Page, Arun Singh R. & K.Raja Swamy
Collection Date : 24/02/16
Collection Locality : Chandaka-Dampada Wildlife Sanctuary, Khurda district, Odisha State
Habitat : Scrub forest
Key identification features : Scandent shrub with forked spines. Leaves elliptic-ovate, apex acute or mucronate. Flowers are white or slightly rose-coloured, scented, in few-flowered terminal or axillary cymes. corolla thinly pubescent. Berry globose, about0.8 cm across, pointed, 4-seeded, black-purple when ripe.
Habit : Shrub
Flower, Fruit : February-July
Comments : On plains to 900 m in scrub jungles, on degraded slopes, etc.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Carissa spinarum. Downloaded on 31 March 2025.