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Capparis moonii
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Family:
CAPPARACEAE
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Citation: Capparis moonii Wight, Illustr. 1: 35. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:175. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 45(33). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 69. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 56. 1990; Sundararagh. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2:277. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 40. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 15. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 12. 2002; R. Sundara. & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 232. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 90. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 114. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Large Caper
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Description:
Scandent shrubs, branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite to sub opposite, 9-12 x 3-5 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute at both ends, glabrous, shining above, margins entire; petiole to 1.5 cm long, slender. Corymb terminal or in axils of upper leaves, few flowered. Flowers to 8 cm across. Sepals to 1.8 cm across, orbicular, puberulus. Petals to 5 x 3 cm, obovate, white, cottony hairy. Stamens numerous; filaments to 7.5 cm long, glabrous. Berry 6-8 cm across, globose, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves in the plains
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Distribution:
South West 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:
Peechi, Chenthamarakokka, Karimthalappara, Pandaravarai, Venmony
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