Apocynaceae
Karanda
Carissa carandas
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Carissa
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Common names
By language (31)
- Arabic
- كاريس كارنداس, كاروندا, كروندة
- arz
- كاريس كارنداس
- Assamese
- কৰ্জা টেঙা, সদস্য:Psneog/কৰ্জা টেঙা
- Bangla
- করমচা
- Burmese
- ခံပင်
- Chinese
- 刺黄果, 瓜子金
- English
- Karanda, Bengal currant, Carandas plum, Karonda, Natal Plum/Christ's thorn
- French
- Karamda, Karanda, Karonda
- Gujarati
- કરમદાં
- Hindi
- करोंदा, करौंदा
- Indonesian
- Buah renda
- Kannada
- ಕರಂಡೆ ಹಣ್ಣು
- koi
- Каранда
- Korean
- 카란다
- kv
- Каранда
- lbe
- Каранда
- Malay
- Asam Kerenda, Pokok Asam Kerenda
- Malayalam
- കാര, കരോണ്ട, ബേക്കറി ചെറി, ബേക്കറിച്ചെറി
- mrj
- Каранда
- Nepali
- करौँदा
- Odia
- କରନ୍ଦା, କରଂଦା
- Punjabi
- ਕਰੌਂਦਾ
- Russian
- Каранда
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈၼၢမ်သၢင်ႇသီႈ, တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇသၢင်ႇသီႈ, မၢၵ်ႇသၢင်ႇသီႈ, မၢၵ်ႇၶျၢင်ႇသီႈ
- Sindhi
- ڪرونڊو
- Sinhala
- මහ කරඹ, කරඹ
- Tamil
- களா
- tcy
- ಕಂರ್ಡೇಪುಳಿ
- Telugu
- వాకకాయ
- Thai
- มะนาวไม่รู้โห่
- udm
- Каранда
Synonyms
- Arduina carandas (L.) Baill.
- Arduina carandas (L.) K.Schum.
- Capparis carandas (L.) Burm.f.
- Carissa salicina Lam.
- Echites spinosus Burm.f.
- Jasminonerium carandas (L.) Kuntze
- Jasminonerium salicinum (Lam.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March (from 14 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Seema Merchant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Vijay Barve, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sakurai Midori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Teja Yantrapalli, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Hermann, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: P Jeganathan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: YVSREDDY, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ametsak, CC0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.