- Family : CAPPARACEAE
- Family (As per The Plant List) : Capparaceae
- Species : Capparis zeylanica
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Capparis zeylanica L.
- Common name : Ceylon Capper
- Vernacular name : Vyagranakhi (San.); Govindphal (Hin.); Govinda phala, Anthuntikai, Mullu anthudi, Kaayi balli, Thottalu balli (Kan.)
- Collection Nos : KFP 256, KFP 2544
- Collector(s) Name : S.R Ramesh
- Key identification features : A much-branched climbing shrub. Leaves are rough in texture, broadly lanceolate with short, curved spines on either side of the leaf base. Flowers (about 3.5 cm across) are extra-axillary with 4 greenish-white petals. Stamens are numerous, white in a freshly-opened flower, turning pink later. Fruits are ovoid berries, bright scarlet with many seeds.
- Habit : Shrub
- Native : India
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Collection Locality : Channapattana (Ramanagara)
- Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Bidar, Bijapur, Chikamagalur, Chitradurga, Dakshina Kannada, Davanagere, Dharwad, Gulbarga, Hassan, Kodagu, Kolar, Mysore, Raichur, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada
- Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere
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