Indian Caper
Capparis brevispina
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering
- January-September
How to identify Indian Caper
Identify Indian Caper by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/round.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh.
- Confirm it sits within the Capparaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Indian Caper.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Capparis brevispina
- Genus
- Capparis
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub jungle
- Habitat type
- Scrub
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/roundrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indian Caper itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Raceme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Indian Caper itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Indian Caper
Indian Caper (Capparis brevispina) is a climbing shrub in the Capparaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. It grows in scrub jungle. Flowering and fruiting run from January to September.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Indian Caper belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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