Accession Data

Carissa macrocarpa

Common Name: Large Num-Num

Family: Apocynaceae

Country of Origin: Kenya to SE. Cape Prov.

Description: A South African shrub used as a hedge or free standing shrub because of its interestingly formed branches and shiny deep-green leaves, offset by white and pink flowers. The plant bears a 2" egg-shaped red fruit that exudes a white astringent latex unless fully ripe. The fruit can be eaten out-of-hand but does make good cranberry-like preserves. It is a salt tolerant plant.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9-11

Accession #: 198500459

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1118

Quantity: 2

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Apocynaceae

SubFamily: Rauvolfioideae

Tribe: Carisseae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
  2. California Rare Fruit Growers WWW Site
  3. Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed 22 May 2014
  4. WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.
  5. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Forest & Kim Starr [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 26, 2017.

Images

Carissa macrocarpa
Carissa macrocarpa