| Mountain Pomegranate | |
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| 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 | |
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Catunaregam spinosa Thunb., Tirveng. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Randia dumetorum (Retz.) Lam. |
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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.
Known as "කුකුරුමාන් - kukuruman" in Sinhala, and as "karai"(காரை) in Tamil.