|
Flora of |
Jammu |
Botanical name |
Carissa carandas Linn. |
Synonyms |
- |
Family |
Apocynaceae |
Plant Stage |
|
Place of collection |
R.R.L Director, Bungalow |
Altitude (m) |
- |
Date of Collection |
1-01-1987 |
Accession No. |
16737 |
Total Accessions |
4 |
Shelf Placement
Cup-Board No./ Pigeon hole No. 16/w |
Remarks A large evergreen shrub with a short stem ; 2-3- chotomously branched, glabrous with pairs of divaricate simple or branched thorns at the nodes. Leaves coriaceous , glabrous and shining on both surfaces , elliptic - ovate or obovate, sometimes elliptic - oblong , obtuse or mucronate. Flowers in terminal lax cymes , white or pale pink , inodorous. |
Identified by |
S.K.Tandon |
|
|