Hello, I was going through the eflora of India for Carissa species but saw that there is no Carissa congesta there, and it is listed as synonym of Carissa spinarum. but both species looks very different from each other, so searched for some literature and I got this. sharing to check and update.
Karthikeyan, S., Sanjappa, M. and Moorthy, S. (2009). *Flowering Plants of India: Dicotyledons, Vol. I (Acanthaceae-Avicenneaceae) <https://bsi.gov.in/uploads/documents/Public_Information/publication/books/miscellaneous/Flowering%20Plants%20of%20India%20-%20Dicotyledons%20vol%201.pdf>*. Botanical Survey of India. pp130-131. *Genus: Carissa (L., 1767)* 1. *Carissa carandas (L., 1882)* : Throughout India. 2. *Carissa congesta (Wight, 1958)* syn. *Carissa carandas* var. *congesta* ((Wight) Bedd., 1882) var. *congesta* (Wight, 1958) : NW & Peninsular India. var. *albida* (Santapau, 1967) : Maharashtra. 3. *Carissa gangetica (Stapf ex Gamble, 1923)* : E & S India. 4. *Carissa grandiflora (A. DC., 1984)* : Cultivated. 5. *Carissa hirsuta (Roth, 1967)* : E & S India. syn. *Carissa spinarum* var. *hirsuta* ((Roth) Hook.f., 1882) 6. *Carissa inermis (Vahl, 1967)* syn. *Carissa macrophylla* (A. DC., 1882) syn. *Carissa suavissima* (Bedd. ex Hook.f., 1882) syn. *Carissa inermis* var. *macrophylla* (Haines, 1922) var. *inermis* (Vahl, 1882) : E to Peninsular India. var. *dalzellii* (Haines, 1922) : E India. 7. *Carissa opaca (Stapf ex Haines, 1984)* : Throughout Himalayas & drier parts of India. syn. *Carissa paucinervia* var. *opaca* ((Stapf ex Haines) Haines, 1922) 8. *Carissa paucinervia (A. DC., 1290)* : E NE & S India. 9. *Carissa salicina (Lam., 1967)* : Tamilnadu. 10. *Carissa spinarum (L., 1882)* syn. *Carissa diffusa* (Roxb., 1871) syn. *Carissa spinarum* var. *diffusa* ((Roxb.) Haines, 1922) var. *spinarum* (L., 1882) : Throughout drier parts of India. var. *microphylla* (Gamble, 1923) : S India. var. *scandens* (Haines, 1922) : E India. Catalogue of Life also accepted this classification *Carissa congesta* Wight <https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/RDY6> Please refer this and update on site. Thank you Regards, Nitin Kawthankar, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAE1mSZrMn7CKJ0p6ZeCb0rB_kj93BL97GK3wQpAzCABB6HrXyA%40mail.gmail.com.
