Capparis ambigua Kurz

 
  • Family : CAPPARACEAE
    (Caper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARIL FAMILY (करील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Capparaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Capparis celebica Miq.; Capparis gomeziana Steud.; Capparis hasseltiana Miq.; Capparis pumila Champ. ex Benth.; Capparis punctata Wall.; Capparis salaccensis Blume; Capparis sciaphila Hance; Olofuton racemosum Raf.; Cudrania bodinieri H.Lév.; Vanieria bodinieri (H.Lév.) Chun
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Capparis cantoniensis Lour.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Wet and shaded water sides, hillsides, shrub thickets, open forests
  • Key identification features : Scandent, armed with short, sharp, recurved prickles. Flowers white, umbellate, in terminal panicles. Fruit ellipsoid, pointed at both ends
  • Flower, Fruit : February-November
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Port Blair taluk,South Andaman,North and Middle Andaman
  • Native : Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 81
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Capparis ambigua. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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