Carissa bispinosa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Carissa
- Species
- Carissa bispinosa
- Scientific Name
- Carissa bispinosa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Carissa bispinosa
Carissa bispinosa grows as a shrub or small tree up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall. Its fragrant flowers feature a white corolla. The fruit is red when ripe. Its habitat is woodland and forest from 1,080 m (3,540 ft) to 1,630 m (5,350 ft) elevation. Vernacular names for the plant include forest num-num and Y-thorned carissa. Carissa bispinosa is native an area from Uganda to South Africa.
...Carissa bispinosa in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Bosnoemnoem
- Afrikaans
- Karoonoemnoem
- Afrikaans
- lemoenbessie
- Afrikaans
- lemoenbessieboom
- Afrikaans
- lemoenbessieboombos
- Afrikaans
- lemoenbessiebos
- Afrikaans
- noem-noembessie
- Afrikaans
- noem-noembessiebos
- Afrikaans
- noem-noembos
- Afrikaans
- num-num
- Afrikaans
- num-numbessie
- Afrikaans
- num-numbessiebos
- Afrikaans
- rooi noem-noem
- Afrikaans
- groot-blom bos noem-noe
- Afrikaans
- grootblombosnoemnoem
- English
- num-num
- English
- y-thorned carissa
- English
- Forest Num-num
- English
- Common Num-num
- English
- Y-thorn Carissa
- English
- Fork-Spined Carissa
- English
- Red Num Num
- English
- Red Num-Num
- English
- Small Amatungulu
- English
- Large-Flowered Forest Numum
- English
- Large-Flowered Forest Numnum
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