Karanda is a herb common in India It is also found in Myanmar, Srilanka,Indonesia, and other South East Asian countries.
This plant is a member of Apocynaceae plant family
This is an evergreen shrubb with light-gray or yellowish-brown, rough, scaly
bark. The leaves are coriaceous,eliptic oblong or ovate oblong and glabrous. The cymes are terminal, paniculata. The fruits are small ovoid oblong or ellipsoidal, glabrous deep purple and nearly black when ripe. The flowering season is February to June.
Usage:
Karanda is as fruit used for pickles. The fruit is sour in taste, the skin is somewhat hard. As medicinal herb it is used for treatment of diarrhoea, anorexia, skin
diseases,scabies and prurites, as per Ayurveda.
