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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Carissa macrocarpa (Eckl.) A.DC.
Natal-plum

Carissa macrocarpa
Copyright by: Shirley Denton

Family: Apocynaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Shrub

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southern Africa; widely cultivated and sometimes naturalized.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

South Florida History and Distribution: IRC considers this an emerging invasive in South Florida.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: For more images, click on the USDA PLANTS and Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants links below.

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Florida Keys History and Distribution: Not reported for the Florida Keys by John Kunkel Small in 1913. Cultivated and sparingly naturalized in the Florida Keys.

Other data on Carissa macrocarpa available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Carissa macrocarpa has been reported from the following 4 conservation areas in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park Presumed Extirpated Not Native, Cultivated Only
Long Key State Park Present Not Native, Cultivated Only
National Key Deer Refuge Present Not Native, Naturalized
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area Present Not Native, Cultivated Only




Carissa macrocarpa has been reported for the following habitat in THE FLORIDA KEYS :
Disturbed Upland


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Carissa macrocarpa
Copyright by: Shirley Denton
Carissa macrocarpa
Copyright by: Michelle Smith, 2023.
Carissa macrocarpa
Copyright by: Dr. James Wetterer via iNaturalist.