Capparis spinosa L.

 
  • Family : CAPPARACEAE
    (Caper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARIL FAMILY (करील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CAPPARACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Capparis spinosa L.
  • Common name : Caperbush, Caper, Caperberry
  • Vernacular name : Himsra, Kakdani (Sanskrit); Kabra (Hindi)
  • Habit : Shrub (Straggling)
  • Habitat : Hilly forests and plains
  • Flower, Fruit : January-March
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Amravati district, Aurangabad district, Nashik district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Thane district
    • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Matthew, K.M., 1983. The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1).
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Capparis spinosa. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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