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Present research studies aimed to explore usually utilized angiospermic, dicotyledonous medicinal plant Carissa carandas L.from Chandgad, District- Kolhapur, Maharashtra. This plant belongs to the family Apocynaceae and it is commonly well recognized as karvand, Dongri Maina or Ranmeva. In this paper I have reported moisture %, pH and biochemical constituent vitamin C which is most plentiful active principle from the fresh unripened and ripened fruits of the plant. Present investigation was undertaken to study plant chemical resource and medicinal traditional uses knowledge about the karvand. Medicinal plants have curative properties due to presence of various complex chemical substances. I have reported 71.5 % moisture unripened fruits pulp , 61 % moisture ripened fruits pulp. pH of unripened fruits pulp juice was 5 and 6 pH was observed pulp juice ripened fruits, 67 % moisture ripened fruits pulp. Height of the plant was 4 m. of the Fresh weight and dry weight unripened fruit was 3.80 gm and 1.10 gm. Fresh weight and dry weight ripened fruit was 4.15 gm and 1.45 gm. 11.38 mg/10 ml Vitamin C from unripened and 7.72 mg/10 ml Vitamin C ripened fruits pulp of Carissa carandas L was recorded.