Catunaregam spinosa

Mountain Pomegranate
Catunaregam spinosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Subfamily:	Ixoroideae
Tribe:	Gardenieae
Genus:	Catunaregam
Species:	C. spinosa
Binomial name
Catunaregam spinosa Thunb., Tirveng.
Synonyms
Randia dumetorum (Retz.) Lam.

Catunaregam spinosa, the mountain pomegranate, is a flowering plant in the Rubiaceae family, found in South Asia and other Asian countries.

Culture

Known as "කුකුරුමාන් - kukuruman" in Sinhala, and as "karai"(காரை) in Tamil.

References

• "Catunaregam spinosa | Species | India Biodiversity Portal". indiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2014-08-31. 
• "Catunaregam spinosa - Mountain Pomegranate". flowersofindia.net. Retrieved 2014-08-31. 
• "Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2014-08-31. 
• "Piscicidal plants of Nepal: Ripe fruit of Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) (Rubiaceae) and leaves of Polygonum hydropiper L. (Polygonaceae) as fish poisons". Aquaculture. 78: 293–301. doi:10.1016/0044-8486(89)90107-5. Retrieved 2014-08-31. 

External links

• Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Catunaregam spinosa". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.