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Capparis zeylanica L.

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Capparis zeylanica L.
Capparis zeylanica L.
Capparis zeylanica L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCapparis acuminata Roxb.
synonymCapparis aurantioides Presl
synonymCapparis baducca L.
synonymCapparis brevispina Auct. non DC.
synonymCapparis crassifolia Kurz
synonymCapparis dealbata DC.
synonymCapparis erythrodasys Miq.
synonymCapparis formosa Wall.
synonymCapparis hastigera Hance
synonymCapparis horrida L.f.
synonymCapparis latifolia Craib
synonymCapparis nemorosa Blanco
synonymCapparis ovalifolia Zipp. ex Miq.
synonymCapparis polymorpha Kurz
synonymCapparis quadriflora DC.
synonymCapparis rufescens Turcz.
synonymCapparis subhorrida Craib
synonymCapparis swinhoei Hance
synonymCapparis terniflora DC.
synonymCapparis wallichiana Wight & Arn.
synonymCapparis wightiana Wall.
synonymCapparis zeylanica var. pubipetala S.Y.Liu, X.Q.Ning & Y.F.Tan
synonymOligloron zeylanica (L.) Rafin.
synonymPleuteron baduca (L.) Rafin.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Gobindaphal
Bengali
  • Kalokera
English
  • Ceylon Caper
Gujarati
  • Kakhbilado
  • Karrallura
  • ગોવિંદકળ Govindakal
Hindi
  • Ardanda
  • Jhiris
Irula
  • Kevisi kodi
Kannada
  • ಮುಳ್ಳುಕತ್ತರಿ Mullukattari
Konkani
  • वाघांटी Vaghamti
Malayalam
  • Elippayar
  • Gitoran
  • Karthotti
Marathi
  • कडूवाघांटी Kaduvaghanti
  • गोविंदी Govindi
  • वाघांटी Vaghanti
Other
  • Ban Kera
  • Ceylon Caper
  • Elippayar
  • Gitoran
  • Govind-phal
  • Kaatu Thotti
  • Wagati
  • ਕਰਵੀਲਾ Karwila
  • ਕਰਵੀਲੂੰ Karwilun
  • ਗਰਨਾ Garna
Rajasthani
  • Gitoranj
Sanskrit
  • करम्भ Karambha
  • तपसप्रिय Tapasapriya
  • व्याघ्रनखी Vyaghra Nakhi
Tamil
  • Atandy
  • Ekkathari
  • Morandan
  • Suduthorati
  • Suduthoratti
  • ஆதொண்டை Atontai
  • காற்றோட்டி Karrotti
Telugu
  • ఆరుదొండ Arudonda
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Shrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Stragglers, branchlets adpressed tomentose. Leaves 7-9 x 5-6 cm, ovate, apex mucronate, base truncate, pubescent; petiole to 1 cm, densely pubescent, stipular spines small, in pairs, recurved. Flowers in supra axillary rows, 3-4 cm across, white, buds densely pubescent; pedicels 2-4 cm, pubescent; stamens numerous, long exserted, white, turns to brown, gynandrophore as long as or longer than filaments; ovary 2.5 mm, ellipsoid.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Habit: Shrub
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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          Habit: A large, armed straggling shrub, to 5m.
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Flowering and fruiting: March-May
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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              Flowering occurs in March and fruits ripen durig October-November
              Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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                Morphology
                Flower

                In axillary clusters; stamens cream when anthesis, red to purple in the evening. Flowering from February-April.

                Fruit

                An ovoid berry, pendulous, smooth, pustulate; blood red when ripe; seeds many. Fruiting April onwards.

                Field tips

                Branchlets stellate tomentose, with recurved spines.

                Leaf Arrangement

                Alternate-spiral

                Leaf Type

                Simple

                Leaf Shape

                Ovate, elliptic or lanceolate

                Leaf Apex

                Obtuse-retuse or mucronate

                Leaf Base

                Cuneate-obtuse

                Leaf Margin

                Entire

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                  A shrub leaves simple with stipulary thorn found generally in upper Assam. Fruit is hairy and flowers are generally white
                  Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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                    Miscellaneous Details
                    Notes: Western Ghats, Dry Deciduous Forests
                    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                      Fruit pulp is edible and can be pickled. Monkeys, civets and squirrels disperse seeds. Caterpillars of the Pierid butterflies feed on the leaves.
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                        📚 Habitat and Distribution
                        General Habitat
                        Dry deciduous forests
                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                          Common in plains from coast to 1000m. India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Indo Chinese peninsula, Andamans, Malaysia.
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                            Description
                            Global Distribution

                            Indo-Malesia and China

                            Indian distribution

                            State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram

                            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                              Global Distribution

                              India: Assam, Maharastra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Eastern Himalayas

                              Indian Distribution

                              Western Assam

                              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                                Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N.Kanara, Shimoga, Kerala: Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
                                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                                  Very common in the deciduous forests from foothills to 400m. India, Sri Lanka to Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and Malesia.
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                                    No Data
                                    📚 Occurrence
                                    No Data
                                    📚 Uses and Management
                                    Uses

                                    System of Medicines Used In

                                    Ayurveda
                                    Ayurveda
                                    Folk medicine
                                    Folk medicine
                                    Siddha
                                    Siddha
                                    System Of Medicines Used In

                                    Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                                    FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=437
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                                      Seeds of the ripe fruits are eaten roasted
                                      Wild edible plants of Assam. by Sri Brahmananda Patiri and Sri Ananta Borah, published by the Director Forest Communication, Forest Department, Assam. Curated for upload by Pranjal Mahananda.
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                                        Fruit pulps edible and can be pickled.
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                                          Folklore
                                          Indigenous Information: Fruits edible. Young fruits are used to cure stomach ache.
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                                            📚 Information Listing
                                            References
                                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=437
                                            1. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
                                            1. Capparis zeylanica L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 720. 1762; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 46(33). 1915; Sundararagh. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 298. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 56. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 19. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 12. 2002; R. Sundara. & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 236. 2005.
                                            2. Capparis horrida L.f., Suppl. Pl. 264. 1781; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 178. 1872.
                                            Information Listing > References
                                            1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=437
                                            2. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
                                            3. Capparis zeylanica L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 720. 1762; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 46(33). 1915; Sundararagh. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 298. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 56. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 19. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 12. 2002; R. Sundara. & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 236. 2005.
                                            4. Capparis horrida L.f., Suppl. Pl. 264. 1781; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 178. 1872.

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                                            📚 Meta data
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                                            🐾 Taxonomy
                                            RootRoot
                                            KingdomPlantae
                                            PhylumTracheophyta
                                            ClassMagnoliopsida
                                            OrderCapparales
                                            FamilyCapparaceae
                                            GenusCapparis
                                            SpeciesCapparis zeylanica L.
                                            📊 Temporal Distribution
                                            📷 Related Observations
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