All, Thanks for the Id. Carissa congesta var. albida, Family Apocynaceae - Chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
Regional Names Safed Karvand [Marati], Kabbali Gida, Karandapa, Kavali hannu (fruit) [Kannada], tasty fruit, used in making chatni and pickles Dinesh ji Bengal currant, Christ's thorn, corinda tree, karanda • Bengali: করমচা karamcha • Gujarati: કરમર્દ kararmarda • Hindi: बलालक balalak, डिण्डिमी dindimi, करौंदा karaunda, सुषेण sushena •Kannada: ಕರೆಕಾಯಿ karekayi • Konkani: करवंद karavanda • Malayalam: കരിമുളളി karimulali • Marathi: करांदा karanda, करवंद karavanda • Oriya: sushena • Punjabi ਕੌਂਦਾ karaunda • Sanskrit: करमर्द्द karamarda, सुषेण sushena • Tamil: களாக்காய் kalakkay, பெருங்களா perungala • Telugu: కలివె kalive, ఓక oka, పెద్ద వాకకాయ pedda-vakakaya Kare kai - tough to find it in Kannada dictionaries Kaare Kai translates to Canthium parviflorum, Fam Rubiaceae >From Kittel's dictionary: Kabbali, Kabballi A black creeper with very strong fibres, used in tying the bamboos under the thatch >From our eflora database http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/00e1a6e5b0036106 >From Trek nature http://pt.treknature.com/gallery/photo149718.htm Regards Regards Raghu ________________________________ From: tanay bose <[email protected]> To: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> Cc: promila chaturvedi <[email protected]>; raghu ananth <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Tue, 15 June, 2010 7:09:09 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:38555] Fruiting plant | ID. Request 16Jun2010 I also think this is Carissa carandas in Bengali we call it "Karamcha" now avilable in market used to make chutney and E.tc. tanay On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: ... remembering Neil ji gave me the ID ... Carissa congesta var.albida ... hoping it must be it ... please search in earlier posts. >>Regards. > > > > > > >>On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:55 PM, promila chaturvedi >><[email protected]> wrote: > >>> >>Hi, >>it is Carissa karandas-Karonda. >>Promila >> >> >>On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> >>>Kind request to ID this beautiful fruiting plant >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>>> >>>Date/Time : >>> >>> >>> >>>1 Jan 2009 05:22PM >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Location- Place, altitude and GPS: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Angamali, Kerala >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Habitat- garden/ urban/wild/type: >>> >>> >>>Town, Backyard, Garden >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Plant Habit-tree/shrub/climber/herb: >>> >>> >>>Small Tree >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Height/length: >>> >>> >>>8-10 feet >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Leaves-type/shape/size: >>> >>> >>> Heart shape, Alternate (?), 5cms >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Inflorescence type /size: >>> >>> >>>- >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Flowers-size/colour/calyx/bracts: >>> >>> >>> - >>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Fruits type-shape/size/seeds: >>> >>> >>> Pink, Size comparable with Jamoon fruit >>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>Fragrance/odour/pollinator/uses and so on: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>"efloraofindia" group. >>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> >>> >>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>[email protected]. >>>For more options, visit this group at >>>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >> >> >>-- >>>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>"efloraofindia" group. >>>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>[email protected]. >>>> >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > >-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"efloraofindia" group. >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >> >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
