Hiun / Wild Caper Bush
Capparis sepiaria
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- March-October
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Capparis sepiaria
- Genus
- Capparis
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub jungle and hilly areas of dry deciduous forests, also in tidal forests in Chilka
- Distribution
- Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Hainan, Malesia, Indo-China and Australia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Delhi
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Capparaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- हीयुन hiun, कंथारी kanthari
- Nepali
- जुँगे लहरो junge laharo
- Bengali
- কালিয়াকাড়া kaliyakara, কাঁটা গুড়কামাই kanta gurkamai, কেলেকোঁড়া kelekora
- Tamil
- சூரை curai, கருஞ்சுரை karu-n-curai, காட்டுக்கத்தரி kattu-k-kattari
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡು ಕತ್ತರಿ kaadu kathari, ಕತ್ತಿರಿ ಗಿಡ kattiri gida, ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಗಿಡ olle uppi gida
- Malayalam
- കാക്കത്തൊണ്ടി kaakkaaththonti, കാക്കത്തൊണ്ടി
- Marathi
- कंथार kanthar, मांसतोडी maastodi
About Hiun
Wild Caper Bush (Capparis sepiaria) is a climbing shrub belonging to the Capparaceae family (Caper Family). It is typically found in scrub jungle and hilly areas of dry deciduous forests, also in tidal forests in chilka. It occurs across Africa, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Hainan, Malesia, Indo-China and Australia. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during March-October. The species is valued in traditional medicine.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Hiun belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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