Description:
Capparaceae (caper family) »
Capparis sepiaria KAP-ar-iss -- from the Greek kápparis, originating in the Near or Middle East sep-ee-AIR-ee-uh -- from the Latin sepes (sepis), meaning hedge commonly known as: hedge caper, Indian caper, wild caper bush • Bengali: kaliakara • Gujarati: કંથેર kanther • Hindi: कांटारी kantari • Kannada: ಕಾದುಕತ್ತರಿ kadukattari • Malayalam: കാക്കത്തൊണ്ഭി kaakkaththonbhi • Marathi: कांटारा kantara, मांसतोडी maastodi • Nepalese: जुँगे लहरो junge laharo • Oriya: otaibe • Sanskrit: गृध्रनखी grdhranakhi, काण्टरी kantari • Tamil: கருஞ்சூரை karunchurai, காட்டுக்கத்தரி kattu-k-kattari • Telugu: నల్ల ఉప్పి nalla uppi, నల్లపుయ్ nallapuyyi Native to: tropical Africa, China, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, Malesia, N. Australia References:
Flowers of India •
eFlora •
NPGS / GRIN. Date: 16 February 2013, 12:24. Source:
Capparis sepiaria. Author:
Dinesh Valke from Thane, India. Camera location
19° 24′ 34.6″ N, 72° 53′ 30.52″ E View all coordinates using:
OpenStreetMap 19.409611; 72.891811.