Capparis decidua

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderBrassicales
5. FamilyCapparaceae

Native toAlgeria, Andaman Is., Bangladesh, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Libya, Mauritania

Observations recorded2,490

One of the common shrubs of arid plains of Sind, Baluchistan & Punjab, flowering abundantly during the hot weather. The wood is hard and bitter and resistant to attacks of white ants; it is used for making knees of boats in Sind. The young fruits and flower buds are pickled.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

277

With media

267

Family

Capparaceae

Collections

MICH, US, BRIT, IND, CM, NHMUK

Recorded in

Pakistan, India, Zambia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Saudi Arabia