• Family : CAPPARACEAE
  (CAPER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Capparaceae
• Species : Cadaba fruticosa
• Basionym : Cleome fruticosa L.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce
• Vernacular name : Kegnike, Maragacha (Kan.); Minnakeerai, Kadagatthi, Vizhuthi, Izhudhi (Tam.); Adamornika (Tel.)
• Key identification features : A large shrub or a small tree. Leaves are simple and elliptic-oblong. Inflorescence is a few flowered corymb. Flowers are dirty-white in colour with yellowish green sepals, of which, two outer are boat-shaped and the two inner are flat. Corolla is of four pale yellow petals which are clawed, the limb being rounded with undulate margin having a trumpet-shaped spur; stamens numerous and the ovary is placed on a long gynophore. Fruit is a siliqua.
• Habit : Undershrub
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the Year
• Comments : Common in arid regions and scrub jungles up to 500 m. Leaves and roots are antihelmenthic.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Karnataka State; Tamil Nadu State; Andhra Pradesh State
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Cadaba fruticosa. Downloaded on 4 May 2024.

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