About Ceylon Caper
Capparis zeylanica is a climbing shrub common in the forests of the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, China and Malesia; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. Several species of Lepidopteran larvae feed on its leaves.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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
Botanical family
Capparaceae
Caper Family
Ceylon Caper belongs to the Capparaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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