Herbarium JCB

Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce

Family : CAPPARACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Capparaceae
Species : Cadaba fruticosa
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cadaba fruticosa (L.) Druce
Vernacular name : Kegnike, Maragacha (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 162, KFP 334, KFP 6803, CJS 15173
Collector(s) Name : C.J.Saldanha
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 : Shrub
Native : Indian Sub-continent, Africa and Arabia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Before Arsikere (Hassan)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bellary, Bijapur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Raichur, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere