Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Carissa > Carissa spinarumCarissa spinarum (Climbing Num-num)Synonyms: Antura edulis; Antura hadiensis; Arduina brownii; Arduina campenonii; Arduina edulis; Arduina xylopicron; Cabucala brachyantha; Carandas edulis; Carissa abyssinica; Carissa axillaris; Carissa brownii var. angustifolia; Carissa campenonii; Carissa candolleana; Carissa carandas; Carissa cochinchinensis (homotypic); Carissa comorensis; Carissa coriacea; Carissa cornifolia; Carissa densiflora; Carissa densiflora var. microphylla (homotypic); Carissa diffusa; Carissa dulcis; Carissa edulis; Carissa edulis continentalis; Carissa edulis f. nummularis; Carissa edulis f. pubescens; Carissa edulis madagascariensis; Carissa edulis var. ambungana; Carissa edulis var. comorensis; Carissa edulis var. densiflora; Carissa edulis var. edulis; Carissa edulis var. horrida; Carissa edulis var. lucubea; Carissa edulis var. major; Carissa edulis var. microphylla; Carissa edulis var. nummularis; Carissa edulis var. revoluta; Carissa edulis var. sechellensis; Carissa edulis var. septentrionalis; Carissa edulis var. subtrinervia; Carissa edulis var. tomentosa; Carissa horrida; Carissa lanceolata; Carissa laotica; Carissa laotica var. ferruginea; Carissa macrophylla; Carissa madagascariensis; Carissa mitis (heterotypic); Carissa obovata; Carissa oleoides; Carissa papuana; Carissa pilosa; Carissa pubescens; Carissa revoluta; Carissa richardiana; Carissa sechellensis; Carissa septentrionalis; Carissa spinarum var. diffusa; Carissa tomentosa; Carissa velutina; Carissa villosa; Carissa xylopicron; Carissa yunnanensis; Damnacanthus esquirolii; Jasminonerium carandas var. spinarum; Jasminonerium densiflorum; Jasminonerium dulce; Jasminonerium edule; Jasminonerium inerme; Jasminonerium laxiflorum; Jasminonerium madagascariense; Jasminonerium pubescens; Jasminonerium sechellense; Jasminonerium tomentosum; Jasminonerium xylopicron "Currant bush" redirects here. Not to be confused with bush currant (Miconia calvescens). Carissa spinarum, the conkerberry or bush plum, is a large shrub of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), widely distributed in tropical regions of Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian Ocean. It is most well known in Australia, where it is also called currant bush or, more ambiguously, native currant or even black currant. It is, however, neither closely related to plums (Prunus) nor to true currants (Ribes), which belong to entirely different lineages of eudicots. In India, it is also called wild karanda /wild karavanda, referring to the related karanda (C. carandas). Carissa spinarum is often discussed under its many obsolete synonyms (see below). |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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