Capparis floribunda Wight

 
  • Family : CAPPARACEAE
    (Caper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARIL FAMILY (करील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Capparaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Capparis tomentosa Lam.
  • Habit : Climbing shrub
  • Habitat : Sacred groves and scrub jungles of the plains
  • Comments / notes : Common
  • Key identification features : Scandent and unarmed. Leaves light green, broad, narrowly elliptic to oblong, acute, base rounded. Flower white, very fragrant, on slender pedicels collected near the tops of axillary panicles; stamens 8, with slender white filaments. Fruit globose and slightly narrowed at the base.
  • Flower, Fruit : January-October
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Loyapalli, Guntur district (Guntur district), Palakonda Hills (Kadapa district)
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Ernakulam district, Alappuzha district
    • Odisha : Puri district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : South Andaman,Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island)
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Andamans (India), Sri Lanka, Myanmar extending to Southeast Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Udupi
    • 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 floribunda. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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World Distribution

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