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Capparis brevispina
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Family:
CAPPARACEAE
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Citation: Capparis brevispina DC., Prodr. 1: 246. 1824; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 45(32). 1915; Sundararagh. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 260. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 55. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 40. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 17. 1999; R. Sundara. & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 225. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 114. 2009.
Capparis zeylanica sensu Hook.f. & Thoms. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 174. 1872, non L. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chedimukanthi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs, 2-4 m, branchlets hairy. Leaves 5-7 x 2-4 cm, elliptic or oblong, acute, coriaceous, stipular spines very small, cataphylls linear. Flowers axillary, solitary, 4-5 cm across; pedicels 4 cm long; sepals 4 in two whorls; petals 4, oblong, obovate, white with brown patches; stamens numerous, exserted, gynandrophore as long as or longer than the filaments, anthers dorsifixed; ovary 6 mm, ellipsoid, ovules few to many.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-October
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Alampetty, Kovalam
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