- Family : APOCYNACEAE
(Dogbane Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : KARONDA FAMILY (करौंदा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Carissa carandas L.
- Common name : Christ's Thorn, Bengal Currants, Jasmine flowered Carissa
- Vernacular name :
- Karando, Karaunda (Hindi)
- Karande gida (Kannada)
- Kilaakkaai, Kalakkay (Tamil)
- Pedda kalivi, Peddavaka kaya, Kali-kai, Vaaka, Kalivi, Vaka (Telugu): Kerenda Koli, Anku Koli (Oria)
- Karamardaka, Krishna phala (Sanskrit)
- Karakka, Karanda, Kalachedi, Klavu (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Dry forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional. On plains in scrub jungles to 900m, on river banks etc.
- Key identification features : Tropical dry deciduous forests, Tropical dry everygreen forests
- Flower, Fruit : March-October
- Collector(s) Name : M.Brahamam, N.C.Raut
- Collection Date : 30/04/1991
- Collection Nos : RRL 7074
- Collection Locality : Lamjigarh, Odisha
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Kolar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Odisha : Kalhandi district, Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Dharmapuri district, Vellore district, Cuddalore district
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Bangladesh, India
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- 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
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Carissa carandas. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.
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