Carissa sp.

At 01:10 AM 3/4/99 +1000, Liz Runciman wrote:
>...I don't know if there are several species 

My Silverhill Seeds catalogue, Jan 1999 lists
three species, all with edible fruit, glossy leaves
and thorns and all from, as you mentioned,
the eastern, non-mediterranean part of S. Africa:

C. bispinosa - shrub to 5m, red fruit, hardy to
about 30 F

C. edulis - scrambling shrub to 3m 'large' purple
fruit, hardy to 30F

C. macrocarpa - shrub to 4m, red fruits, good
on coasts and good hedge material, hardy to 20F
(This must be the one we in North America are
all familiar with; and I think Silverhill
are being a little optimistic about cold-hardiness.)

And, if you would forgive my repetiveness, I'm
trying C. haematocarpa which I've got very little
information on - the saplings are hardy to 26F
even in small pots.
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