Plant Details

Accepted name:

Carissa bispinosa (L.) Desf. ex Brenan [Apocynaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bosnoemnoem	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chirungulu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
common num-num	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dithokolo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
forest num-num	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
fork-spined carissa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ibethamtunzi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
incumncum	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isabetha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isabetha nkunzi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isibetankunzi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isivusankunzi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
morokolo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muchavancunzi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mudyabveni	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mulu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
murabamungu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
murayangombe	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
muruguru	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
murungulu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mutsamviringa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
noemnoem	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
noomnoom	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nulo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
num-num	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
serokolo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
simboka	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
simboko	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
thaba-di-lebane	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umbetankunzi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umbethamtunzu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umbethankunzi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umlugulu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umthungulu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umvusankunzi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
y-thorn carissa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
y-thorned carissa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yum-yum	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Arduina acuminata E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 191 (1838).
Arduina bispinosa L. Mant. Pl. 1: 52 (1767).
Arduina erythrocarpa Eckl. S. African Quart. J. 1: 372 (1830).
Arduina megaphylla Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 59 (1918).
Carandas arduina S.Moore J. Bot. 41: 403 (1903), nom. illeg.
Carissa acuminata (E.Mey.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 335 (1844).
Carissa arduina Lam. Encycl. 1: 555 (1785), nom. illeg.
Carissa bispinosa var. acuminata (E.Mey.) Codd Bothalia 7: 451 (1961).
Carissa bispinosa subsp. zambesiensis Kupicha Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2.A, 53: 321 (1980).
Carissa cordata Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 53: 112 (1928).
Carissa cordata Fourc. Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 21: 82 (1932), nom. illeg.
Carissa dinteri Markgr. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 758 (1942), nom. illeg.
Carissa erythrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 335 (1844).
Carissa myrtoides Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 398 (1829).
Carissa sessiliflora Brongn. ex Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 138 (1949).
Carissa sessiliflora var. grandiflora Markgr. Adansonia, n.s., 10: 25 (1970).
Carissa sessiliflora var. meridionalis Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 139 (1949).
Carissa sessiliflora var. orientalis Pichon Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 2: 139 (1949).
Carissa wyliei N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906: 165 (1906).
Jasminonerium acuminatum (E.Mey.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891).
Jasminonerium bispinosum (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891).
Jasminonerium erythrocarpum (Eckl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 414 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carissa bispinosa (L.) Desf. ex Brenan	Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carissa bispinosa (L.)Desf. ex Brenan	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

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