Local Name: Botanical Name: Family: Found in Zone No.

à¡ÕèÂÇä¡è Capparis echinocarpa Pierre ex Gagnep. CAPPARACEAE 3

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Descriptions :
Shrub Small shrub with slender, scandent branches; stem and petioles with appressed hairs that can be rubbed off; stipules recurved, thorn-like, 2 per leaf, with appressed hairs at least basally; leaves alternate, simple, petiolate, ovate, both surfaces with appressed hairs that can be rubbed off; apex acuminate, mucronate; base ± rounded; inflorescences supra-axillary rows of pedicellate flowers without common peduncle; flower on slender pedicel; sepals 4, free, green, with hairs outside and inside, 3 ovate, 1 boat-shaped; petals 4, whitish (later becoming maroon), 2 ovate, adnate(?) to gland on receptacle, 2 strap-like; stamens 8, with long, white glabrous filaments; gynophore filiform, approximately 2 cm. long, with hairs; ovary ± globular, hairy; style ± cylindrical, hairy; stigma rounded.