Karanda

Carissa congesta, Karanda, Karonda

Botanical Name : Carissa congesta

English Name : Karanda

Hindi Name : Karonda

Sanskrit Name : Karmard

Description

Karanda is a herb common in India It is also found in Myanmar, Srilanka,Indonesia, and other South East Asian countries.

This plant is a member of Apocynaceae plant family

This is an evergreen shrub with light-gray or yellowish-brown, rough, scaly bark. The leaves are coriaceous, elliptic oblong or ovate oblong and glabrous. The cymes are terminal, paniculata. The fruits are small ovoid oblong or ellipsoidal, glabrous deep purple and nearly black when ripe. The flowering season is February to June.

Usage

Karanda is as fruit used for pickles. The fruit is sour in taste, the skin is somewhat hard. As medicinal herb it is used for treatment of diarrhoea, anorexia, skin diseases,scabies and prurites, as per Ayurveda.

Obtained Chemical Compounds

Fatty acids are obtained from this plant.

Gujarati: Karamdaa

Marathi: Karvinda

Bengali: Karamcha

Kannada: Karjige

Tamil: Kalakkai

Malayalam: Karakka

Telugu: Peddakalavi

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