Caperbush
Capparis spinosa
Also known as Caper, Caperberry
- Habit
- Shrub (Straggling)
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- January-March
How to identify Caperbush
Identify Caperbush by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub (straggling) habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Flower buds harvested as edible capers.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf shape: Ovate.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Capparis spinosa
- Genus
- Capparis
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Shrub (Straggling)
- Habitat
- Hilly forests and plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Found in India
- Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Ladakh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“The shrubby plant is many-branched, with alternate leaves, thick and shiny, round to ovate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- OvaterecordedEgg-shaped, broader near the base.“The shrubby plant is many-branched, with alternate leaves, thick and shiny, round to ovate.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Caperbush 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 Caperbush itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Nepali
- बाघनङ्ग्रे
- Malayalam
- ചെറുകരീരം
About Caperbush
Caperbush (Capparis spinosa) is a species in the Capparaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh and 8 other states. It grows in hilly forests and plains. Flowering and fruiting run from January to March.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Caperbush belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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