Shrubs of Morni: Jungli Karonda
Jungli Karonda /Wild Karoda/ जंगली करौंदा (Carissa spinarum) is an erect, thorny shrub with leathery,ovate leaves and forked branches. The leaves exude a toxic, white latex if plucked from the stem. The small, red berries are edible. The thorns can be an inch-and-a-half in length. The star-shaped flowers are white with 5 narrow petals. Jungli Karonda grows wild in the foothills of Shivaliks upto an elevation of 1500 metres. Its root yields an extract that is used for treating wounds.
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This is very rarely available
I found it on the embankment of an earthen dam at Banswala a dhani in Bhoj Ponta
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Actually these karonda plants were distributed to the farmers by kandi project for fencing , to protect the crops from wild animals . But no body cared about these plants’ growth .