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Each value Trefle shows for Carissa macrocarpa, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced3 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	(Eckl.) A.DC.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 336 (1844)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1844	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Natal plum	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Kenya to SE. Cape Prov.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Flower color	empty	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	335 cm	335 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 60	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	43.6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 396	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	edible_seeds, fruit, salt_tolerant_ornamental · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 341, 414	Not on the record

Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC., 1844 14% complete

Natal plum

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