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Carissa bispinosa

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping
• Treelist Melville Koppies

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:32 a.m.	Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Attractive Edible Fragrant Useful Semi-shade Sun Perennial Shrub Tree Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Treelist Melville Koppies May 22, 2026, 3:53 p.m.	Tree Gauteng
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Good garden plant Sun Shrub Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) fayne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by fayne source
• (c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Henry de Lange source
• (c) Ann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ann source
• (c) magdastlucia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by magdastlucia source
• (c) Sandra Falanga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sandra Falanga source