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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS116 : Capparis sepiaria L.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. :  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Capparales
Family : Capparaceae
Genus : Capparis
Species : Capparis sepiaria L.
Plant Location in Melghat :  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status :  
Plant Family : CAPPARACEAE  
 
Plant Common Name : Wild Caper Bush, • Hindi: Kanthari • Telugu: Nallavuppi • Tamil: Karindu • Marathi: Kantharyel • Oriya: Otaibe • Kannada: Ippi • Gujarati: Kalokantharo • Bengali: Kaliakara • Sanskrit: Kanthari, Grdhranakhi
 
Synonym : Capparis affinis Merr.
Capparis emarginata Presl
Capparis flexicaulis Hance
Capparis glauca Wall.
Capparis incanescens DC.
Capparis retusella Thw.
Capparis sepiaria var. retusella Thw.
Capparis trichopetala Valeton
Capparis umbellata R. Br. ex DC.
Description : Stragglers, branchlets thinly pubescent. Leaves 3-4 x 2 cm, oblong-lanceolate, apex emarginate, base acute, pubescent; petiole ca. 0.5 cm, stipular spines in pairs, small, recurved. Umbels corymbose, terminal and axillary; peduncles to 1 cm. Flowers to 1 cm across, white; pedicels 1.5 cm; sepals ovate, margin ciliate.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : The fruit is considered to be aphrodisiac. The bark and the roots are used as a wound dressing. The plant is said to be alterative, febrifuge and tonic.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : alpha-amyrin
beta-amyrin
Betulin
Erythrodiol
Taraxasterol
Reference : ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book PMID :