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Carissa edulis (Egyptian carissa)

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Low
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Structure [2]  Tree

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Mount Kulal Biosphere Reserve 1729738 Kenya  

Predators

Andropadus latirostris (Yellow-whiskered Greenbul)[3]
Aspidiotus elaeidis[4]
Aspidiotus nerii (ivy scale)[5]
Cerostegia rusci <Unverified Name>[5]
Chlorocichla laetissima (Joyful Greenbul)[3]
Cirina forda (Pallid Emperor Moth)[6]
Cleora tulbaghata[6]
Coccus africanus[4]
Coccus alpinus[4]
Diaspis carissae[4]
Diceros bicornis (black rhinoceros)[7]
Formicococcus njalensis <Unverified Name>[4]
Hemiberlesia lataniae (latania scale)[4]
Hemiberlesia rapax (greedy scale)[5]
Icerya aegyptiaca[4]
Nigrita canicapilla (Grey-headed negro finch)[3]
Ophiusa tirhaca[6]
Paragathia albimarginata[6]
Parasaissetia nigra (nigra scale)[5]
Pogoniulus bilineatus (Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird)[3]
Pulvinaria psidii (green shield scale)[5]
Pycnonotus barbatus (Common Bulbul)[3]
Rhodesia alboviridata[6]
Selenaspidus articulatus (rufous scale)[5]
Steatococcus euphorbiae[4]
Sylvia atricapilla (Eurasian Blackcap)[3]
Turdus pelios (African Thrush)[3]

Distribution

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Skinner M.W., , ITIS Regional: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Specialization and interaction strength in a tropical plant-frugivore network differ among forest strata, Matthias Schleuning, Nico Blüthgen, Martina Flörchinger, Julius Braun, H. Martin Schaefer, and Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Ecology, in press. ♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 7NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF PLANTS MOST FAVOURED BY BLACK RHINOCEROS (DICEROS BICORNIS) IN THE WILD, K. GHEBREMESKEL, G. WILLIAMS, R. A. BRETT, R. BUREK and L. S. HARBIGE, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 98A, No. 3/4, pp. 529-534, 1991
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
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