Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Carissa carandas
Scientific Name and Description
Carissa carandas L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Arduina carandas (L.) Baill.
Arduina carandas (L.) K. Schum.
Capparis carandas (L.) Burm.f.
Carissa salicina Lam. Echites spinosus
Burm.f. Jasminonerium carandas
(L.) Kuntze Jasminonerium salicinum (Lam.) Kuntze
Carissa congesta Wight
Arduina carandas (L.) K. Schum.
Capparis carandas (L.) Burm.f.
Carissa salicina Lam. Echites spinosus
Burm.f. Jasminonerium carandas
(L.) Kuntze Jasminonerium salicinum (Lam.) Kuntze
Carissa congesta Wight
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | christs thorn, karanda |
| Hindi | garinga, gotho, kantakregi, karando, karaunda, karaunta, karonda, karondi, karonti, karrona, karumcha, karunda, karwando, korada, timukha, timukhia, Karonda, Karaunda |
| Kannada | dodda kalaa, dodda kavali, doddakavale, doddakavali, garacha, garaja, garchinakai, garji, harikalivi, heggarichige, heggaricige, heggarjige, hirikalavi, hirikavali, kalaagida, kalavige, kalivi, kalla, kamarika, kamrdepuli, karanda, karande, karande pli, karavadi, karekai, karekayi, kareki, karevati, kari, karice, kariche, karichi, karichina kaayi, karichinakayi, karicinakayi, karinda, karndepuli, kauligida, kavale, kavali, kavali gida, kawliballi, korinda, malekalaavu, Karvande |
| Malayalam | kalavu, karakka, karanta, karekai, keelay, kilai, klavu, kulay, perumklavu |
| Marathi | boranda, boronda, haradundi, karanda, karandi, karaunda, karavanad, karavanda, karavandi, karwand-karanja, Karvand |
| Sanskrit | avighna, avighnah, avinga, bahudala, bolekarambuka, dimdima, dridhakantaka, guchhi, jalipushpa, kanachuka, kantaki, karamarda, karamardaka, karamla, karamlaka, karinkara, karmoha, krishna-pakphula, krishna-phala, krishnapakaphala, krishnaphala, krisnapakaphala, kshiraphala, kshiri, ksiraphala, pakakrishna, pakaphala, panimarda, phalakrishna, supushpa, susena, vanalaya, vanekshudra, vasha |
| Tamil | aintarikam, aintarikamaram, alarukam, alarukamaram, cenkala, cirapalam, cirukala, kala, kalaaha, kalaka, kalakka, kalakkay, kalar, kalarva 2, karavintai, kila, kilakkai, kilakki, kilamaram, kilatti, kilay, kirusnapakapalam, kirusnapalai, kiruttinapakapalam, perinkalakphalam, periyakala, perukala, perumkla, perungala, perungila-maram, perungkala, perunikila, perunkala, perunkala ver, perunkila, yokatumacceti, yokatumam, Karakka |
| Telugu | kalay, kali, kali-kai, kalikai, kaliva, kalive, kalivi, kalli, kallia, kalumi, kaluva, kavila, oka, okalive, pedda kalive, peddakalavi, peddakalive, peddakalivi, peddakalivipandu, peddavaaka kaaya, peddavaka, peddavakakaya, vaaka chettu, vaaklive, vaka, vakalive, vakalivi, vakalvi, vakudu, waaka, waka, wakay, wyaka, yaakudu |
| Bangali | Karamcha |
| Poonch District of Jammu And Kashmir Region | Garanda |
| Common Names | Bengal currant, Christ's thorn, Carandas plum, Karonda, Karanda and Kanna, Bengal currant, Christ's thorn,Carandas plum, Karonda, Karanda and Kanna |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Phytochemicals
Phytoconstituents
Various cardiac glycosides, triterpenoidal constituents like carissone, carissin and β-sitosterol were reported from different parts of the plant.
Source: Indian Journal of Experimental Biology Vol. 47, August 2009, pp. 660-667
Herb usable parts
Roots
Bark
Leaves
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Jaundice - Root extract is used to cure Jaundice.
Source: Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2017; 6(1): 405-410
Carissa carandas L.
Habit- Shrub
Parts used -Leaves, root, fruit, bark
Application - Antihelmitic; wound healing; diabetes; fever; edible
Treatment - General
References - Jain et al. 2009
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Jain et al. 2009
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol. II Author - Mudgal, Khanna,Hajra
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Indian Journal of Experimental Biology Vol. 47, August 2009, pp. 660-667
Anticancer study of Carissa carandas extracts / Shaida Fariza Sulaiman, Wong Soo Teng et al / School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang
The antioxidant effect of C carandas unripe fruit extracts and fractions / Shaida Fariza Sulainman, Khoo Hsweow Shuang and Siti Rafiday Yusof
Talyor 1996
PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF CARRISA CARANDUS LINN. Godghate Ashvin et. al
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Itankar, Prakash R., Sarika J. Lokhande, Prashant R. Verma, Sumit K. Arora, Rajesh A. Sahu, and Arun T. Patil. "Antidiabetic Potential of Unripe Carissa Carandas Linn. Fruit Extract." Journal of Ethnopharmacology 135, no. 2 (2011): 430-433. Accessed June 6, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2011.03.036.
Carissa carandas. (2024, June 10). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carissa_carandas