This native shrub is commonly known as currantbush.
Carissa ovata is described as a "dicot" in the Apocynaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Known as Carissa spinarum in the Australian Plant Census.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 56 Fraser Coast localities: Aldershot, Antigua, Bauple, Bauple Forest, Beelbi Creek, Bidwill, Boompa, Booral, Brooweena, Bunya Creek, Burrum Heads, Burrum River, Craignish, Doongul, Duckinwilla, Dundathu, Dundowran, Dundowran Beach, Eli Waters, Gigoomgan, Glenwood, Gootchie, Granville, Gunalda, Gundiah, Howard, Island Plantation, Kanigan, Kawungan, Magnolia, Malarga, Maryborough, Mount Urah, Owanyilla, Pacific Haven, Pialba, Point Vernon, Poona, River Heads, Scarness, St Mary, Susan River, Takura, Talegalla Weir, Tandora, Teddington, Tiaro, Tinana, Toogoom, Torquay, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Urraween, Woocoo, Yengarie, Yerra.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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