• Family : APOCYNACEAE
  (Dogbane Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : APOCYNACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Carissa spinarum L.
• Vernacular name : Kalli (Telugu)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : March-October
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Guntur district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district
  • Tamil Nadu : Villipuram district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carissa hirsuta. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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