• Family : CAPPARACEAE
  (CAPER FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Capparaceae
• Species : Maerua oblongifolia
• Basionym : Capparis oblongifolia Forssk.
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Maerua oblongifolia (Forssk.) A.Rich.
• Common name : Necklace-berried Caper
• Vernacular name : Nelasakaregedde (Kan.); Bhumichakkarai, Mochukkodi (Tam.); Peeluparni (San.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0633
• Collector(s) Name : Navendu Page, Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy & K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 24/03/16
• Collection Locality : Foothills of Kollimalai, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu State
• Habitat : Scrub Jungle
• Habit : Climbing Shrub
• Flower, Fruit : December-June
• Native : India
• Comments : Occasional along road sides in ghats of semi-arid land, scrub jungles and along forest edges. The root is highly medicinal and its pulp is edible. Locals harvest the tubers and often eat during summers to quench thirst.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district, Kolar district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; North Dhone RF (Kurnool district), Seshachalam Hills (Kadapa district), Visakhapatnam district, Vijaynagaram district (Andhra Pradesh State); Puri district (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Arabia, Middle East, Africa
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; 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=Maerua oblongifolia. Downloaded on 30 January 2025.

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