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Capparis sepiaria L.

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Capparis sepiaria L.
Capparis sepiaria L.
Capparis sepiaria L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCapparis affinis Merr.
synonymCapparis emarginata Presl
synonymCapparis flexicaulis Hance
synonymCapparis glauca Wall.
synonymCapparis incanescens DC.
synonymCapparis retusella Thw.
synonymCapparis sepiaria var. retusella Thw.
synonymCapparis trichopetala Valeton
synonymCapparis umbellata R. Br. ex DC.
🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • Kaliakara
English
  • Hedge Caper
  • Wild Caper Bush
Gujarati
  • કંથેર Kanther
Hindi
  • Heens
  • Kanthari
  • कांटारी Kantari
Irula
  • Aanaikevisi
Kannada
  • ಕಾದುಕತ್ತರಿ Kadukattari
Malayalam
  • Kakkathondi
  • കാക്കത്തൊണ്ഭി Kaakkaththonbhi
Marathi
  • कांटारा Kantara
  • मांसतोडी Maastodi
Oriya
  • Otaibe
Other
  • Hedge Caper
  • Indian Caper
  • Katharigai
  • Pachra
  • Pachuda
  • Wild Caper Bush
  • जुँगे लहरो Junge Laharo
Sanskrit
  • काण्टरी Kantari
  • गृध्रनखी Grdhranakhi
Tamil
  • Kaatukathiri
  • Kattukkathiri
  • Thoratti
  • கருஞ்சூரை Karunchurai
  • காட்டுக்கத்தரி Kattu-k-kattari
Telugu
  • నల్ల ఉప్పి Nalla Uppi
  • నల్లపుయ్ Nallapuyyi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
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References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Stragglers, branchlets thinly pubescent. Leaves 3-4 x 2 cm, oblong-lanceolate, apex emarginate, base acute, pubescent; petiole ca. 0.5 cm, stipular spines in pairs, small, recurved. Umbels corymbose, terminal and axillary; peduncles to 1 cm. Flowers to 1 cm across, white; pedicels 1.5 cm; sepals ovate, margin ciliate.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Habit: A large straggling, thorny shrub, to 5m.
      Keystone Foundation
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      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        Habit: Scandent Shrub
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
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        References 
          No Data
          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: March-October
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Morphology

            Growth Form

            Shrub
            Shrub
            Flower

            In corymbose sub-umbels; white. Flowering from February-April.

            Fruit

            A globose berry, smooth; dark blue when ripe; seeds 2. Fruiting April onwards.

            Field tips

            Branchlets densely fulvous or grey-pubescent, with recurved thorns. Leaves glaucous beneath.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Alternate-spiral

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Oblong, lanceolate-elliptic

            Leaf Apex

            Obtuse

            Leaf Base

            Cuneate

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

            Keystone Foundation
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            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
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            References 
              Miscellaneous Details
              Caterpillars of the Pierid butterflies feed on its leaves. Birds disperse seeds. Plant used in traditional medicine.
              Keystone Foundation
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              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
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              References 
                Notes: Western Ghats, Deciduous Forests
                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  No Data
                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat
                  Dry deciduous forests
                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Common on the foothills, scrub jungles to 900m. India, Sri Lanka, Central Burma, Indo China, Malaysia, Australia.
                    Keystone Foundation
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                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
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                      Description
                      Global Distribution

                      Pantropical

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram

                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N.Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
                        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          Very common in the scrub jungles of deciduous forests from foothills to 400m. Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar to Indo-China, Malesia and Australia.
                          Keystone Foundation
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                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
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                            No Data
                            📚 Occurrence
                            No Data
                            📚 Uses and Management
                            Uses

                            System of Medicines Used In

                            Ayurveda
                            Ayurveda
                            Folk medicine
                            Folk medicine
                            Siddha
                            Siddha
                            System Of Medicines Used In

                            Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                            FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=435
                            Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=435
                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
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                            References 
                              The whole plant including the roots have to be used for medicinal purposes.
                              Keystone Foundation
                              Attributions Keystone Foundation
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
                              Licenses CC_BY
                              References 
                                No Data
                                📚 Information Listing
                                References
                                1. Capparis sepiaria L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10) 2: 1071. 1759; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 177. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 46(33). 1915; Sundararagh. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 289. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 56. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 18. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 12. 2002; R. Sundara. & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 233. 2005.
                                1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=435
                                1. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
                                Information Listing > References
                                1. Capparis sepiaria L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10) 2: 1071. 1759; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 177. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 46(33). 1915; Sundararagh. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 289. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 56. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 18. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 12. 2002; R. Sundara. & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 233. 2005.
                                2. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=435
                                3. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002

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                                📚 Meta data
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                                🐾 Taxonomy
                                RootRoot
                                KingdomPlantae
                                PhylumTracheophyta
                                ClassMagnoliopsida
                                OrderCapparales
                                FamilyCapparaceae
                                GenusCapparis
                                SpeciesCapparis sepiaria L.
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