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Capparis baducca
Synonym
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Capparis rheedei DC.
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Family
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Capparaceae
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Local name
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English
- Kakkamullu
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Flowering and fruiting period
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February-June
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Distribution
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Western Ghats
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Distribution in kerala
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Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur,
Wayanad
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Habitat
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Semi-evegreen forests
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IUCN Status
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Vulnerable (VU)
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Endemic/Exotic
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Western Ghats
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Uses
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Used
as a folk medicine
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Key
Botanical Characters :
Shrubs, branchlets brown
tomentose. Leaves , ovate or elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate or
acute, base acute, lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs; petiole to 2.5 cm long.
Flowers petals pale blue changing to white, with yellow
blotches at the base of upper pair; stamens 80-100. Berry ovoid, to 4 cm long.
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