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For other uses of Carissa, see Carissa (disambiguation)
Carissa
Carissa macrocarpa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Carissa L.
Species

See text. Carissa macrocarpa, or Natal plum, is a shrub native to South Africa where it is commomly called the large num-num Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Magnoliopsida is the Botanical name for a class of Flowering plants By definition the class will include the family Magnoliaceae, but its Gentianales are an order of Flowering plants included within the Asterid group of Dicotyledons The circumscription of Gentiales in the Cronquist Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, May 23 new style (13 May old style 1707 who laid the foundations for

Carissa Mostly referred to a genus of about 20-30 species of shrubs or small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Australia and Asia. A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree A tree is a perennial Woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

The species grow to between 3-10 m tall, with spiny branches. In biology spine or spiny may refer to Spine (botany, needle-like structures in plants Spine (zoology, needle-like structures The leaves are waxy and oblong, 3-8 cm long. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. The flowers are produced throughout most of the year; they are 1-5 cm diameter, with a five-lobed white or pink corolla; some have a fragrance reminiscent of Gardenia. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also Gardenia is a Genus of about 250 species of Flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Tropical and Subtropical The fruit is a plum-shaped berry, red to dark purple-black in different species, 1. The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. The word berry has two meanings one based on a botanical definition the other on common identification 5-6 cm in length, and containing up to 16 flat brown seeds. A seed (in some plants referred to as a kernel) is a small embryonic Plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat usually with some stored The fruit are edible but tart, with strawberry or apple-like flavour. Garden strawberries are a common variety of strawberry cultivated worldwide The apple is the pomaceous Fruit of the apple tree Species Malus domestica in the Rose family Rosaceae. If eaten before fully ripe, a bitter, latex-like substance is released from the skin. Because of its abundance of sharp thorns, the plant is often used as a security hedge. A hedge is a line of closely spaced Shrubs and bushes planted and trained in such a way as to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area

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This fruit tree-related article is a stub. An Australian native plant C ovata grows as a multi-stemmed shrub 0 Acokanthera schimperi ( Syn Acokanthera abyssinica KSchum Acokanthera oiabaio Cath A fruit tree is a Tree bearing Fruit &mdash the structures formed by the ripened ovary of a Flower containing one or more Seeds. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
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