Pachunda / Tree Caper
Capparis grandis
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Pachunda
Identify Pachunda by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Tree-sized, unlike most shrubby Capparis.
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/round.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Capparaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Pachunda.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Capparis grandis
- Genus
- Capparis
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Siam
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/roundrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Pachunda 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 Pachunda itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Pachunda, Padanbor
- Tamil
- தொட்டி மரம் Thotti maram, Mudkondai
- Kannada
- Torate
- Marathi
- Pachonda, Kandel, पाचुंदा
About Pachunda
Tree Caper (Capparis grandis) belongs to the Capparaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and 3 other states. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Pachunda belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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