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Each value Trefle shows for Carissa spinarum, 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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Sourced11 Source not recorded9 Not on the record3 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Mant. Pl. 2: 559 (1771)	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	1771	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Egyptian carissa	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Africa to Indo-China, Australia to New Caledonia	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	89 cm	89 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 45 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 420, 514, 882, 909	Sourced
Biological type	phanerophyte	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Sourced
Flower color	white	white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 350 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Foliage color	green	green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded green · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879	Sourced
Foliage texture	coarse	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879	Sourced
Fruit color	purple, black	black, purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded black, purple · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Fruit shape	berry	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 6 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350, 882	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	cyme · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 350 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded cyme · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	200 cm	200 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 214, 420, 514, 882, 909	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 443, 879, 882	Sourced
Fruit months	jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun	jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded jan, feb, mar, apr, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 12 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 130, 444, 445, 614, 721, 822, 882 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 15 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 130, 444, 445, 614, 721, 822, 882	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	33.5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 464 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded 33.5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 464	Not on the record
Other
Halophyte status	—	Moderate · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record

Carissa spinarum L., 1771 31% complete

Egyptian carissa

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