About Caper Plant
Capparis decidua, commonly known as karira/kair (Rajasthani: कैर), or karil (Braj Bhakha: करील) is a useful plant in its marginal habitat.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Capparis decidua
- Genus
- Capparis
- Family
- CAPPARACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, West Asia, North-East Africa, Pakistan
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- कैर kair, कैरिया kairiya, करीर karir
- Bengali
- করেল karil
- Tamil
- சிரக்கோழி cira-k-koli, குழலாதொண்டை kulal-atontai, கெந்திகம் kentikam
- Telugu
- ఏనుగుదంత enugadanta, కరీరము kariramu, ముముదాటు mumudatu
- Kannada
- ಚಿಪ್ಪುರಿ chippuri, ಕರೀರ karir, ಕರೀ ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಗಿಡ kari uppi gida
- Malayalam
- കരിമുള്ളി karimulli, കരീരം kariram, തൂതവളം tudavalam
- Marathi
- करील karil, करीर karir, किरळ kiral
Botanical family
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Caper Plant belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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