Capparis rheedei DC.

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Family : CAPPARACEAE

Synonym :

Capparis baducca sensu Jacobs

Common Names : Kakkamullu

Flowering Period : February-June

Distribution : Western Ghats

Habitat : Semi-evegreen forests

Uses : Used in folk medicine.

Key Characters :

Shrubs, branchlets brown tomentose. Leaves 10-14 x 5-6 cm, ovate or elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate or acute, base acute, lateral nerves 3 or 4 pairs; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Flowers to 8 cm across; petals pale blue changing to white, with yellow blotches at the base of upper pair; stamens 80-100. Berry ovoid, to 4 cm long.