Carissa Carandas 15 Seeds, Edible Fruit Karonda Climbing Medicinal Shrub

Carissa carandasAlso known as: Bengal Currant, Christ's Thorn, Carandas Plum, Karonda, and KarandaHere is a perennial, evergreen, woody shrub to a small tree, with a climbing vine habit. Left untended, it will climb up structures and to the top of trees up to 12 m (40 ft) tall. In cultivation, it is usually trimmed into a hedge or small shrub under 4 m (13 ft). The branches are many and wide-spreading, forming a thick, thorny dense canopy. Originating in India and Sri Lanka but now introduced and common in other warm climate countries, including Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, the southern United States, the Caribbean and parts of eastern Africa. It belongs in the Apocynaceae family.The flowers are small and tubular with five white petals, occasionally pink-tinged. They are borne in rounded clusters and bloom throughout the year in tropical regions, peaking from spring through autumn. Pollination is by insects and moths, attracted to the flowers sweet fragrance, which is strongest at n