Carissa macrocarpa (Ecklon) A. DC.
Natal plum
Species recognized by The Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Flora of China Vol. 16: 146 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Cultivated for its edible fruit.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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Flora of China Vol. 16: 146 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Shrubs or small trees to 5 m tall. Spines 1- or 2-forked, 2-4 cm, strong. Leaf blade broadly ovate, 2.5-7.5 X 2-5 cm, thick leathery, glabrous, base rounded to obtuse, apex mucronate, lateral veins obscure. Cymes terminal, (1-)3-flowered. Pedicel 2-3 mm. Flowers fragrant. Sepals very narrowly ovate, 3-6 mm. Corolla white or pink, tube 1.1-1.8 cm, pubescent inside; lobes oblong, 0.9-2.4 cm, overlapping to left. Ovules numerous. Berries bright red to violet, ovoid, 2-5 cm, ca. 16-seeded. Fl. Aug. 2n = 66.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200005226
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"Carissa macrocarpa (Ecklon) A. DC.". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/488417". Accessed
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