Family:
Apocynaceae Juss.
Genus:
Carissa L.

Carissa carandas L.

This species is accepted, and its native range is India, SE. Bangladesh.

Native to:

Bangladesh, India

Introduced into:

Caroline Is., China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Windward Is.

Carissa carandas L. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1677] K001113820 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1677] K001113821 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1677] K001113823 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1677], India K001113826 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1677] K001113825 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1677] K001113819 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1677] K001113822 Yes
s.coll. [Cat. no. 1677] K001113824 Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1677], India K001113818 Yes

First published in Mant. Pl. 1: 52 (1767)

Accepted by

  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.

  • Art and Illustrations in Digifolia

    Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0