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Carissa macrocarpa (Big num-num)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Plumerioideae > Genus: Carissa

Carissa macrocarpa (Big num-num), cultivated as a hedge in the garden at Rust en Vreugd, Cape Town. [photo H.Roberson ©