Scientific name: Carissa ovata
Common name: Currant bush
In training: 10 -11 months
Hight: 60cm Width: 65cm Depth: 70cm Base: 11cm across
Style: Clump style
This tree was collected in December 2010 from my back paddock at Glendale Qld. It grows fairly quickly and I did the first styling in August 2011 and tidied it up a bit today.
The Carissa ovata is wide spread and very common, in most cases farmers consider it a pest. Its a small shrub to medium growing to about 1.5m high but can spread to about 6m wide. It gets small white flowers and dark nearly black fruit which are edible. I have never seen one bonsai before and all of its attributes lends it to bonsai. The only down side is, it does have thorns.
a couple of more views
a view of the trunks
the flowers
the fruit
chris
[ANBITA] Carissa ovata
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[ANBITA] Carissa ovata
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Re: [ANBITA] Carissa ovata
That has a lot of potential. 
It also looks and does things very similar to the privet up your way. Black berries, white flowers and the leaf and bark are also similar.
It also looks and does things very similar to the privet up your way. Black berries, white flowers and the leaf and bark are also similar."Advice is rarely welcome, and the one's who need it the most welcome it the least"
