Herbarium JCB

Capparis sepiaria L.

Family : CAPPARACEAE
Family (As per The Plant List) : Capparaceae
Species : Capparis sepiaria
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Capparis sepiaria L.
Vernacular name : Kakdani (San.); Kadu kantharai (Kan.)
Collection Nos : KFP 1026, KFP 11408
Collector(s) Name : S.R Ramesh & N.S.Ravindra
Key identification features : A large erect or climbing shrub with recurved spines. Leaves are simple, dark green and coriaceous. Inflorescence is an umbel of about 30 flowers. Sepals 4, the outer 2 are larger in size and keeled while the inner 2 are small; petals 4 white in colour and clawed with prominent ribs. Stamens are few and elevated on a stalk (androphore), similarly ovary is placed on a short stalk, the gynophore. Fruit is a globose berry with a hard rind.
Habit : Shrub
Native : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Maldives, Vietnam, Phillipines
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Collection Locality : Hills above Sangam (Bangalore)
Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Bellary, Bijapur, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Davanagere, Dharwad, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Uttara Kannada
Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere