Species Carissa bispinosa
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Etymology of Carissa:
Sanskrit name for an Indian species of this genus.
Etymology of bispinosa:
From the Latin bi = two and spinosa / spinosus meaning ‘thorny’. There are typically two thorns at a node.
Scientific name:
Carissa bispinosa Desf. ex Steud.
Common names:
Num-Num
Isibetha-Nkunzi
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Unknown
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Synonym status:
Twiggy, shrub to 5 m armed with simple or forked thorns. Leaves leathery, elliptic, glossy. Flowers in terminal, sub-umbellate cymes, white, fragrant, corolla lobes 3.5--5 mm. Fruits red, 16 mm long. Sept.--Dec. Coastal and karooid scrub, AP, LB, SE (Elim to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Carissa bispinosa
Name of observer:
Various (David)
Date observed:
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Collection:
Carissa bispinosa
Name of observer:
Various (David)
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Date observed unknown
Collection:
Carissa bispinosa
Name of observer:
Richard Boon (David)
Date observed:
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Carissa bispinosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Carissa bispinosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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