Herbarium JCB

Capparis zeylanica 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 zeylanica L.
Common name : Ceylon Caper
Vernacular name : Ardanda, Govindphal (Hindi); Govinda phala, Anthuntikai, Mullu anthudi, Kaayi balli, Thottalu balli (Kannada); Atanday, Aadandai, Tondai, Morandan, Ekkathari, Suduthorati (Tamil); Aatonda, Aadonda (Telugu); Asadua, Osirva, Hatinkula, Sabbi (Oria); Vyagranakhi (Sanskrit); Tarati, Wagati, Govid-phal (Marathi); Elippayar, Gitoran, Karthotti (Malayalam)
Habit : Climbing shrub
Habitat : Scrub forests and dry deciduous forests
Comments / notes : Common. Roots are used in traditional medicine
Key identification features : Thorny shrub
Flower, Fruit : January-October
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Chamarajanagar district, Kolar district, Shivamogga district, Bengaluru district (GKVK Campus)
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district, Nagpur district, Pune district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district,Sambalpur district, Sundergarh 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
World Distribution : India, Andaman (India), Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Hainan, Indo-China, Malesia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
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 et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
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 zeylanica. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.