Carissa carandas

Karanda is a climbing shrub or small tree. It grows upto 3 - 5 metres tall. The stems are armed with simple or branched, sharp spines. Very attractive when in fruit, the plant is often grown in the garden both as an ornamental and for its fruit in tropical and subtropical areas. It is not usually grown commercially.

Uses

Fever, Diarrhoea, Earache, Itches, Intestinal worms, Rheumatism, Cardio tonic.

Parts Used

Fruit.

Chemical Composition

The preliminary phytochemical studies were performed by using petroleum ether and methanol extract of dried fruits of Carissa carandas to screen the presence of various secondary metabolites.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	Kavali hoovu, Kavalikai
Hindi	Karonda
Malayalam	Karakka
Tamil	Kalakkai
Telugu	Peddakalavi
Marathi	Karvand
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Shrub

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
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Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of subtropical to tropical areas, where it is found at elevations up to metres.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Dry places, Sunny places.

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