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Capparis grandiflora Wall. ex Hook.f.
Synonym
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Capparis pyrifolia
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Family
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Capparaceae
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Flowering and fruiting period
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April-June
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Distribution
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Southern Western Ghats
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Distribution in kerala
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Palakkad
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Habitat
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Dry deciduous forests
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Endemic/Exotic
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Endemic to Western
ghats
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Key
Botanical Characters :
Erect or low,
scrambling and spreading shrub, 0.5-2 m high; twigs coarsely stellate-pubescent;
spines copious, 2-3 mm long, recurved; cataphylls absent. Leaves
elliptic-ovate to suborbicular, subcordate to rounded at base, acute or
obtuse-mucronate at apex, 1.5-3.5 x 1.2-2 cm, subcoriaceous, shining,
glabrous above, pubescent beneath; midnerve sunken; lateral nerves 3 or 4
pairs; petioles 1.5-3 mm. Flower solitary, axillary, showy, 1-1.5 cm long,
puberulous. Sepals subequal, 12-18 x 5-8 mm, tomentose; outer pair boat
shaped, glabrous outside, villous inside towards margin; inner pair ovate to
obovate, villous outside, glabrous inside. Petals obovate-triangled,
subtruncate, 2.5-3 x 0.9-1.4 cm, glabrous, white.Stamens 65-100, exceeding
pistil; filaments white; anthers blue to pinkish. Gynophore 2-2.5 cm long,
glabrous.
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