Aradanda / Ceylon Caper
Capparis zeylanica
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- January-October
How to identify Aradanda
Identify Aradanda 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Flowers fading to purplish-pink.
- Confirm leaf shape: Simple oval/round.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-October.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Capparaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Aradanda.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Capparis zeylanica
- Genus
- Capparis
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Scrub forests and dry deciduous forests
- Distribution
- India, Andaman (India), Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Hainan, Indo-China, Malesia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Bihar, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Simple oval/roundrecorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Aradanda 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 Aradanda itself; the rest are typical of the Capparaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Aradanda, vyakhra nakhi
- Nepali
- बन केरा Ban kera
- Bengali
- কায়াকোরা, মেঁঠামারি
- Tamil
- Adondai, ஆதொண்டை
- Telugu
- Palaki
- Kannada
- Mullukattari
- Malayalam
- ഗിടോരൻ
- Marathi
- गोविंदी Govindi
About Aradanda
A member of the Capparaceae family, Ceylon Caper (Capparis zeylanica) is a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka and 12 other states. It grows in scrub forests and dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to October.
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Aradanda belongs to the Capparaceae family.
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