This is turning interesting. Carissa congesta Wight even (not to say of
var. albida Santapau) as well as C. opaca Stapf ex Haines (name given to
IIndian specimens of C. spinarum (non L.) are treated as a synonym of C.
spinarum. This is followed by both The Plant List and Wikipedia (which
generally has reliable information)
This leaves decision between C. spinarum L. (or if we treat C.
congesta and C. opaca as distinct) and Carissa carandas.
C. carandas C. spinarum
1. Lateral veins of leaf ca. 8 pairs 1. Lateral veins of leaf 3-5
pairs
2. Leaves 3.5-8 cm long 2. Leaves 2-5 cm long
3. Leaf apex rounded, emarginate 3. Leaf apex acute or acuminate
to apiculate
4. Fruit ellipsoid, 15-25 mm long. 4. Fruit subglobose, 5-12 mm
5. Ripe fruit reddish-purple 5. Ripe fruit shining black
There is, however, a big catch. Flora of Pakistan considers C. congesta as
synonym of C. carandas (and not C. spinarum, but then we have seen such
confusion in this website.
Things are not very clear seeing lot of variability and confusion in
literature but for me most features especially leaves and young fruit go
with C. carandas
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On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Umeshkumar Tiwari
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Yes third one is *Carissa* *spinarum* L. (Syn: *Carissa congesta* var. *
> albida* and *Carissa carandas* var. *congesta* (Wight) Bedd.
> Regards,
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Nice photos Umesh ji. Liked them.
>> About *Carrissa*, my thought is same as Neil ji's ... *Carissa congesta*var.
>> *albida*.
>> Most probably *Rauvolfia tetraphylla *and this variety of *Carrissa
>> congesta *are only found planted.
>> Regards.
>> Dinesh
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Nice photographs Umeshkumar ji. Thanks for sharing.
>>> Regards
>>> Prashant
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Nice photographs ! The third is Carissa congesta var. albida. Please
>>>> check this link for our previous discussion on this :
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!search/Carrissa$20congesta$20var.$20albida$20Neil$20Soares/indiantreepix/IssNUvvJBl4/90GkD56fdocJ
>>>>
>>>> With regards,
>>>> Neil Soares.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- On *Sat, 9/22/12, Umeshkumar Tiwari <[email protected]>*wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Umeshkumar Tiwari <[email protected]>
>>>> Subject: [efloraofindia:131979] few medicinal plants from FRLHT
>>>> To: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]>
>>>> Cc: "Umeshkumar Tiwari" <[email protected]>
>>>> Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 11:26 AM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> Pictures of few Medicinal Plants found in FRLHT Campus.
>>>>
>>>> 1. *Withania somnifera* Fruits
>>>> 2. *Rauvolfia tetraphylla* Fruits
>>>> 3. *Carissa carandas* Fruits
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
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