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Carissa spinarum L.

Climbing Num-num

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English Climbing Num-num
Other names

Further information

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Origin

States and Territories Somalia; Kenya; Namibia (incl. Caprivi Strip); Zambia; Egypt (SE-Egypt); D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Benin; Ghana; Tanzania; Sri Lanka; Andaman Isl. (South Andaman Isl.); ?peninsular Malaysia; Java; Aldabra Isl.; Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Asir); Angola; Rodrigues; Honduras [I]; Ethiopia; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Nepal; Cambodia; Moluccas; Myanmar; Djibouti; Thailand; Seychelles; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Pakistan; Viet Nam; Yemen (Tihama, W-Yemen); Mozambique; Togo; Cameroon; Guinea-Bissau; Burundi; Guinea; Senegal; Mauritius; Rwanda; Bangladesh; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); South Sudan; India (throughout drier parts, Jammu & Kashmir); Mali; Oman; Malawi; Congo [Brazzaville]; Zimbabwe; Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl.); Madagascar; Nigeria; Egypt; Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, N-Western Australia); Sudan; Uganda; La Reunion; Soqotra; Pakistan (Swat, Hazara, Murree, Pakistani Punjab, etc.); Central African Republic; Chad; China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan); Eritrea; Ivory Coast
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Carissa
Species spinarum
Author citation L.
Scientific name Carissa spinarum L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Appearances

Wood

Climbing Num-num

Carissa spinarum , ©Dennis Wilson