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Carissa spinarum L.

Climbing Num-num

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Climbing Num-num
Other names

Further information

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Origin

States and Territories Egypt; Benin; Burkina Faso; Ghana; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Ivory Coast; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Togo; Burundi; Central African Republic; Cameroon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Rwanda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Soqotra; Somalia; Sudan; South Sudan; Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda; Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Botswana; Namibia (incl. Caprivi Strip); South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Aldabra Isl.; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Mauritius; Madagascar; La Reunion; Rodrigues; Seychelles; Oman; Egypt (SE-Egypt); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Yemen (Tihama, W-Yemen); China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Bangladesh; India (throughout drier parts, Jammu & Kashmir); Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka; Cambodia; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, N-Western Australia); Java; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Moluccas; Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl.); Pakistan (Swat, Hazara, Murree, Pakistani Punjab, etc.); ?peninsular Malaysia; Honduras [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Carissa
Species spinarum
Author citation L.
Scientific name Carissa spinarum L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

Climbing Num-num

Carissa spinarum , ©Dennis Wilson