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Herbaria


Family
Apocynaceae
subfamily
Rauvolfioideae
Genus
Carissa L.
Species
Carissa spinarum L.
herbariaSubsps
herbariaVariety
Authority
L.
citation
Mant.Alt.:559 (1771) non Lodd. ex A.DC.
herbariaSynonyms
Antura edulis Forssk.
Carissa edulis (Forssk.)Vahl
Carissa pubescens A.DC.
DiagnosticCharacters
herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory
CAI (Ra)
herbariaSubLocality
CAI (Elba)
herbariaDetailedLocality
herbariaDate
herbariaCollector
herbariaCollectorNo
herbariaNoOfSheets
herbariaHerbariumAbbr
CAI
herbariaBarCode
herbariaTotalNoOfSheets
CAI (16)
Habitat
Stony hillside and near wadi streams
FlFrperiod
November-February
LifeForm
Chamaephyte
LifeSpan
Perennial
herbariaArabicName
EnglishName
herbariaUses
ornamental
fruit edible
Hedge plant
GlobalDistribution
SE Egypt,Ethiopia, Somalia, TE Africa to Senegal, Socotra to India and Islands of Indian Ocean
Chorology
herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable
Egypt (EN- Endangered)
herbariaBibliography
herbariaFullCitation
Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt
El Hadidi, M.N. and Hosni, H.A. Conservation and threats in M.N. El Hadidi (2000)Flora aegyptiaca vo;.1(1):105-151.Palm Press and Cairo University Herbarium
El Hadidi,M.N.; Abdel Ghani, M. and Fahmy, AG. 1992. The Plant Red Data Book of Egypt 1. Woody Perennial. Palm Press and Cairo Univ. Herbarium
Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University
Boulos, L. 2000. Flora of Egypt, vol.2. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt
El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

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