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Carissa spinarum L.

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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Gentianales
family
Apocynaceae
genus
Carissa
species
Carissa spinarum

Name

Synonyms
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 G.Lodd.
Carissa cochinchinensis Pierre
Carissa cochinchinensis Pierre ex Pit.
Carissa comorensis (Pichon) Markgr.
Carissa coriacea Wall.
Carissa coriacea Wall. ex G.Don
Carissa cornifolia Jaub. & Spach
Homonyms
Carissa spinarum L.
Carissa spinarum Lodd. ex A.DC.
Carissa spinarum G.Lodd.
Common names
Climbing Num-num in language.
Egyptian carissa in English
Karanda-Pflaume in German
carandas-plum in English
carissa in Portuguese
ciruela de Natal in Spanish
currentbush in English
jia hu ci in language.
kunkerberry in English
tian jia hu ci in language.
Num-num in English
Anwekety in language.
Avighna in Sanskrit
Bush Plum in English
Carissa in Italian
Carisse in French
Ciruela de Natal in Spanish
Conkerberry in English
Currant Bush in English
Egyptian Carissa in English
Garna in language.
Kalachedi in Tamil
Kalakkay in Tamil
Karamacha in Bengali
Karamarda in Sanskrit
Karmarda in Gujarati
Karondhu in language.
Karunda in Hindi
Kharnu in language.
Merne arrankweye in language.
Nganango in language.
Wild karanda in English
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