... Cape northwards through Kwazulu-Natal to Mozambique. Carissa Plant 1 m apart to form a dense, impenetrable hedge ... a little frost if planted in a protected spot. The name Carissa is derived from the Sanskrit corissa , the name of ... often conspicuous species in coastal bush and sand dunes. Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC. Carissa macrocarpa The shrub ...

... : images by Alice Notten and Marinda Koekemoer. Carissa spinarum is a much-branched, spiny, evergreen shrub ... nearly always simple, not forked as with other species of Carissa . Leaves are simple and opposite, leathery, dark ... marks. Ripe fruits are dark red to purplish-black. Carissa spinarum occurs in Africa south of the Sahara, from ...