Capparis tenera Dalz.

 
  • Family : CAPPARACEAE
    (Caper Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KARIL FAMILY (करील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Capparaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Capparis disticha Kurz; Capparis oxyphylla Wall.; Capparis tetrasperma Thwaites
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Capparis tenera Dalzell
  • Habit : Liana
  • Comments / notes : Tropical evergreen forests
  • Key identification features : Scandent, armed with short prickles. Leaves elliptic, shortly acuminate, rounded at the base, glabrous, glossy and thin. Flower white, petals creamy-white, tomentose outside. Fruits like a pea, small with few seeds.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-June
  • Collection Nos : Talbot 432, Bell 3977
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Thrissur district
    • Maharashtra : Satara district
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand; Tropical Africa
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Flora of Karnataka, Saldanha, 1984
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharashtra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 82
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Capparis tenera. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.

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