✿Apocynaceae · Carissa
Garnae / Bush Plum
Carissa spinarum
ShruboutdoorMedicinal
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- February-July
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Carissa spinarum
- Genus
- Carissa
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub jungles
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- OppositerecordedTwo leaves arise from the stem at the same point, facing each other.“The leaves are glossy green, opposite, narrow ovate to lanceolate and 1–5 cm (0.4–2.0 in) in length.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- LanceolaterecordedLong and narrow, tapering to a point, like a lance head.“The leaves are glossy green, opposite, narrow ovate to lanceolate and 1–5 cm (0.4–2.0 in) in length.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Garnae itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Garnae itself; the rest are typical of the Apocynaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- गरने Garnae, Kharanu, Khirni, Karunda
- Bengali
- Karamacha
- Tamil
- சிருகிலா Chirukila, Kalachedi, Kalakkay
- Telugu
- Kavali
- Malayalam
- ചെറുമുൾച്ചെടി
- Marathi
- karvand, करवंद
- Sanskrit
- Avighna, Karamarda
- Gujarati
- Karmarda
About Garnae
A member of the Apocynaceae family, Bush Plum (Carissa spinarum) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and 14 other states. It grows in scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from February to July.
Botanical family
Apocynaceae
Dogbane family
Garnae belongs to the Apocynaceae family.
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