Carissa Carandas

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Carissa carandas is a species of flowering shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It produces berry-sized fruitsphoto that are commonly used as a condiment or additive to Indian pickles and spices. It is a very hardy, drought-tolerant plant that thrives well in a wide range of soils. Common names include Karonda, Vakkay in Telugu, Kalakai in Tamil, Karau(n)da, Karanda or some times Karamda. The supposed varieties congesta and paucinervia actually refer to the related Conkerberry (C. spinarum).