Capparis decidua
karira, Bare Caper, Caper berry, Leafless caper-bush
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Tundob
Plants
Sudan Flora
Names
Common name
Local name (Sudan)
Family name
Plant group
karira, Bare Caper, Caper berry, Leafless caper-bush
Tundob
Capparaceae
Angiosperms, Brassicales
Description
Decidous small tree or bushy shrub. Stem with many green vine-like apparently leafless branches, hanging in bundles. Bark turns whitish-grey colour with age, with small, light brown spines occur in pairs on the twigs at each node. Leaves very minute (2 mm long), with a very short life span on young shoots. Flowers pink, red-veined, in small groups along the leafless shoots, in the axils of the spines. Fruit a small many-seeded ovoid or sub-globulous, slightly mucronate pink berry, becoming blackish when dry. Seeds are creamy, reniform.
Plant type
Wild, Native
Location
Karat island-Northern State
Collected by
Ikram Madani
Collection date
Aug-24



