Carissa ovata var. ovata [ovata = egg shaped leaves] Also known as Kunkerberry.
A low dense spiny shrub with small white flowers and shiny black fruits which are sweet and edible. It is browsed by sheep and cattle, and although suspected of poisoning stock, it has not been proven toxic. It is host to the Common Australian Crow, a black and white butterfly.
Family APOCYNACEAE
Notice the change in vegetation with closed shrub on your right and more open grassland on your left as you walk to no. 17.
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