Carissa spinarum
| Family | Products | Niche | Ecological Services |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apocynaceae | Fruits, Firewood, Charcoal, Timber for construction, Household tools, Medicine, Fodder | Scattered on crop land | Ornamental, Live fence, Dead fence, Shade, Erosion control, Soil fertility improvement through Nitrogen-fixing |
| Agro-ecological Zone |
|---|
| Dry and Moist Weyna Dega and Dega |
| Growth rate | Management practices | Invasiveness | Leafing Phenology | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairly slow | pruning | No | Evergreen | Ethiopia |
| Country | Rainfall | Temperature | Altitude | Soil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | unknown | unknown | 500ï¾–2600 | unknown |
| Amharic | Oromo |
|---|---|
| Agam | Hagamsa, Agamsa |
| Origin | Location |
|---|---|
| Native | East Shewa, West Shewa and East Wollega |