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red berry

Carissa carandas

Photo by rivu.ghorai
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Description:

this tree creates a 6'-7' high bush... the fruit is sour in taste, and about .75" long. leafs are small oval shaped, 1" long..

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
Ashish
Earlier I thought they find in only Western ghats...but find them in Delhi suburbs and Kolkata suburbs too...
Ashish
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rivu.ghorai
yeah.. actually vendors boil it in sugar solution and sell it in the name of cherry!!
Chaitanya
Rivu, I think it is reddish berry, (we call it Karvand in Maharashtra). Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carissa_carandas

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PublishedMay 27, 2011

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