Carissa carandas

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This is Carissa cogesta [Wight] var. albida [Sant]. Please check this link for our previous discussion on this

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For me the ID is correct. It is known as Kalakkai in Tamil and used for pickles.

Is it not Carissa carandas?

botanical names: Carissa carandas L. … homotypic synonyms: Arduina carandas (L.) Baill. • Jasminonerium carandas (L.) Kuntze • Capparis carandas (L.) Burm.f. … heterotypic synonyms: Carissa salicina Lam. • Echites spinosus Burm.f. • Jasminonerium salicinum (Lam.) Kuntze … and more at POWO, retrieved July 29, 2026

• Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia … (accessed: July 29, 2026)
• Name coined during the colonial era — the clusters of dark, ripe berries heavily resemble true European currants (Ribes); it grew abundantly across the Bengal Presidency. … compiled from the web.

• Flowers of India … (accessed: July 29, 2026)

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• XOBDO – Your gateway to multilingual knowledge and resources … (accessed: August 01, 2026)

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• Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names … facebook

• વનસ્પતીઓ ના ગુજરાતી તથા બોટનીકલ નામ ની યાદી :: સંકલન કર્તા વૈધ શ્રી કે,જે,ઝાલા … (downloaded: 19 Jan 2026)

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• Kittel, Ferdinand. Kittel’s Kannada-English dictionary. Rev. and enl. ed. [Madras] University of Madras, 1968-1971.

• Alar – an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore … (downloaded: Nov 24, 2024)
• Alar – an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna

• Alar – an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Kittel, Ferdinand. Kittel’s Kannada-English dictionary. Rev. and enl. ed. [Madras] University of Madras, 1968-1971.

• Alar – an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga – a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET

• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore … (downloaded: Nov 24, 2024)

• Kittel, Ferdinand. Kittel’s Kannada-English dictionary. Rev. and enl. ed. [Madras] University of Madras, 1968-1971.
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga – a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
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• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore … (downloaded: Nov 24, 2024)

• Dalgado, Daniel Gelanio. Flora de Goa e Savantvadi: catalogo methodico das plantas medicinaes, alimentares e industriaes. Portugal, Imprensa Nacional, 1898. … (downloaded: 21 Sept 2020)
• V D Vartak (1966) – Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET

• V D Vartak (1966) – Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area :: Chapter 5 :: Shodhganga :: a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
• The term करवंदी karvandi is utilized primarily by field foragers and foresters to designate the living, thorny, sprawling shrub itself as it grows in the wild scrub terrain, as such the plant’s habit is considered feminine. The term करवंदो karvando is triggered when referring specifically to the harvested individual berry. … compiled from the web.

• A forest flora of Chota Nagpur including Gangpur and the Santal-Parganahs by Haines, Henry Haselfoot, 1867-1943
• कनुवान kanuwan (Devanagari in Jharkhand); কনূবান kanuwan (Bengali script in West Bengal); କନୁୱାନ kanuwan (Odia script in Odisha)
• Note on Indigenous Typography: While modern cultural revival movements utilize the specialized Tolong Siki alphabet for the Kurukh language, the entry here is anchored via Devanagari, Bengali, and Odia scripts to mirror the historical geographic distribution of the Oraon communities across Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha. This ensures digital cross-compatibility across all web-browsing frameworks while avoiding modern font-mapping artifacts. … compiled from the web.

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga – a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
• കാരക്ക kaarakka — derived from the standard Malayalam noun, historically used to designate a dried date (Phoenix dactylifera). The application of this name to Carissa carandas represents a brilliant visual analogy born out of rural foraging cultures. When the green berries reach peak maturity, they shrivel slightly on the spiny branches, losing their glossy pink hue and darkening into a deep, wrinkled, oblong midnight-purple or brownish-black format. Because these clusters of dried, wild-ripened berries bear an uncanny physical resemblance to small strings of dried dates, indigenous foraging communities natively branded them as the “forest dates” — Kaarakka. … compiled from the web.
• ക്ലാവ് klavu — a traditional Malayalam noun representing the natural green-blue patina, oxide, or verdigris that forms on copper and bronze alloys over time. Metaphorically, it describes the distinctive chalky, bluish-green matte bloom that coats the unripe berries before full maturation. Practico-domestically, the highly acidic juices of the raw fruit and leaves were anciently deployed by rural households as a natural cleansing scour to polish brassware and chemically strip away metallic tarnish (klavu). … compiled from the web.

• വിക്കിപീഡിയ – സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം … Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia … (accessed: July 31, 2026)
• കാരപ്പഴം kaarappazham — a deeply authentic, traditional Malayalam vernacular compound name, derived by uniting the ancestral Dravidian descriptor കാര kaara (a thorny scrub-bush) with പഴം pazham (ripe fruit). It is quite an eminent colloquial term preserved in the oral traditions and rural foraging cultures of Kerala. … compiled from the web.

• Gundert, Hermann. A Malayalam and English dictionary. Mangalore, London, C. Stolz; Trübner & Co., 1872.

• Nazarudeen, A., Shareef, S. M., Kalesh, K. S., Salim, M., Hussain, A., Shaju, T., Rajvikraman, R., & Prakashkumar, R. (2022). Wild and lesser-known fruit germplasm in JNTBGRI: An approach for ex-situ conservation. – Indian Horticulture, 67(3). … (downloaded: Oct 30, 2024)
• കരിമുള്ളി karimulli — a classic descriptive compound name uniting the Dravidian roots: കരി kari, meaning “black, dark, or charred” with മുള്ളി mulli, meaning “thorny plant” or “thorn-bearer”. … compiled from the web.

• Enchanting India – Medicinal Plants Of India … (accessed: July 31, 2026)
• വിക്കിപീഡിയ – സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം … Wikipedia – The Free Encyclopedia … (accessed: July 31, 2026)
• കറുത്തചെറി karuttacheri literally translates to “Black Cherry”. A modern descriptive colloquial compound name combining കറുത്ത karutta (black) and ചെറി cheri (cherry). … compiled from the web.
• The name directly reflects the fruit’s physical transformation upon full maturation, where the clusters turn a glossy, deep purple-black. Crucially, the name carries significant commercial weight in Kerala; Carissa carandas berries are traditionally processed, de-seeded, and candied to manufacture the ubiquitous “glacé cherries” used across the South Indian baking industry. … compiled from the web [↗].

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• The Useful Plants of India (CSIR, Publications & Information Directorate)
• करवंद karvanda refers to the fruit or berry, while करवंदी karvandi refers to the thorny, sprawling shrub.

• Turner, R. L. (Ralph Lilley), Sir. A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1931.

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• While Bhai Maya Singh’s dictionary guides the reader with the Hindi-aligned English transliteration “karauṇdá“, a strict linguistic decryption of the Gurmukhi script entry ਕੌਂਦਾ reveals it is explicitly spelled and pronounced as Kauṇdā. In the everyday spoken language of the Punjab plains, the tongue drops the interior ‘R’ sound, compressing it into the sleek, punchy local variant Kauṇdā. … compiled from the web.

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• களாக்காய் kalakkay — a descriptive compound uniting the ancient Tamil generic base களா kala — used to designate the Carissa genus with காய் kay, denoting a raw, unripe fruit. … compiled from the web.

• University of Madras. Tamil lexicon. [Madras], University of Madras, 1924-1936.
• பெரு peru or பெரும் perum = large, big; களா kala represents the Carissa genus. While the strictly wild, aggressively thorny cousin Carissa spinarum was labeled சிறுங்களா sirunkala due to its diminutive leaves and tiny, sparse berries, the larger, semi-cultivated, fleshy-fruited Carissa carandas was naturally designated as பெருங்களா perunkala. … compiled from the web.

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• or ಕರಂಡೆ ಕಾಯಿ karande kaayi … Subrahmanya, Prasad K – Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka :: Chapter 4 :: Shodhganga – a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET
• ಕರಂಡೆ ಕಾಯಿ karande kaayi = name given to the raw fruit. ಕರಂಡೆ karande = generic name for all species of Carissa shrub; ಕಾಯಿ kaayi = vegetable, in this context the raw, unripe fruit. These are harvested from the wild, most notably for domestic pickle making.

• Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.

• compiled from the web.