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|genus=Carissa
|species=grandiflora
|common_name=Natal Plum
|common_name=Natal Plum
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|flowers=white
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Natal Plum, a handsome shrub (Carissa grandiflora, of the family Apocynaceae), originally from South Africa, is cultivated in southern Florida and southern California for ornament and for its scarlet edible fruits the size of a plum. Fig. 2451. It is considered one of the best hedge plants in South Africa, and is sometimes used for this purpose in the United States. See Carissa.
Natal Plum, a handsome shrub (Carissa grandiflora, of the family Apocynaceae), originally from South Africa, is cultivated in southern Florida and southern California for ornament and for its scarlet edible fruits the size of a plum. It is considered one of the best hedge plants in South Africa, and is sometimes used for this purpose in the United States. See Carissa.
The Natal plum is a large shrub, eventually attaining to 15 or 18 ft., much branched and spreading, and armed with stout bifurcate spines: foliage dense, glossy green in color; lvs. opposite, ovate-acute, mucronate, thick and leathery, 1-2 in. long: fls. star- shaped, fragrant, about 2 in. across and borne in small terminal cymes; calyx composed of 5 oblong-acute lobes about 1\8 in. long; corolla salverform, with a slander tube about ¾in. long and 5 oblong-ob ovate lobes twice the length of the tube and twisted to the left in bud; stamens 5, inserted upon the tube; style clavate; ovary superior, 2-celled, with several ovules in each cell.
The Natal plum is a large shrub, eventually attaining to 15 or 18 ft., much branched and spreading, and armed with stout bifurcate spines: foliage dense, glossy green in color; lvs. opposite, ovate-acute, mucronate, thick and leathery, 1-2 in. long: fls. star- shaped, fragrant, about 2 in. across and borne in small terminal cymes; calyx composed of 5 oblong-acute lobes about 1\8 in. long; corolla salverform, with a slander tube about ¾in. long and 5 oblong-ob ovate lobes twice the length of the tube and twisted to the left in bud; stamens 5, inserted upon the tube; style clavate; ovary superior, 2-celled, with several ovules in each cell.
Carissa Carandas, a species common in India, where it is known as karaunda, has also been introduced to this country. It is distinguished from the above two by the corolla-lobes being contorted to the right instead of to the left (as stated on page 664), by the oblong or elliptic-oblong leaves with rounded or obtuse tips, and by the spines being simple in place of bifurcate. Its fruits are ½ to 1 inch long, containing three or four seeds, and are much used in India for pickles and preserves.
Carissa Carandas, a species common in India, where it is known as karaunda, has also been introduced to this country. It is distinguished from the above two by the corolla-lobes being contorted to the right instead of to the left (as stated on page 664), by the oblong or elliptic-oblong leaves with rounded or obtuse tips, and by the spines being simple in place of bifurcate. Its fruits are ½ to 1 inch long, containing three or four seeds, and are much used in India for pickles and preserves.
Carissa grandiflora, DC. Natal Plum. Spiny shrub: lvs. ovate-acute, tapering to the base: fls. large, white, fragrant, solitary and terminal, twisted to the right, heterogpnous: fr. red, 1-1½ in. long, resembling cranberries in flavor when cooked, and having a papery skin, milky juice and few small almost circular seeds. Sauce made from this fr. is almost indistinguishable in flavor from cranberry sauce, but the frs. ripen so irregularly, although almost continually, as to make the fr. suitable only for home-garden use unless handled on a large scale. Said to be the finest hedge plant in S. Afr.
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