Thanks Satish ji for Sharing this Information. very Usefull Indeed.
On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is some information about the Family from my blog shared earlier on > the group. > > http://satishphadke.blogspot.in/2008/05/capparis-grandis-cadaba-fruiticosa.html > CAPPARIDACEAE OR CAPER FAMILY > In India 7 genera and 53 species occuring in western and south India and > few in tropical Himalayas. > Vegetative characters: > The family includes herbs shrubs and climbers.They contain watery sap. > The leaves are alternate and simple(Capparis) or more commonly palmately > compound(3-9 foliolate).The stipules are usually present which may be > foliaceous(Cleome) or spinose(Capparis). > Inflorescence and flowers : The flowers are solitary and in fascicles of > 3 or4 but more commonly the are racemose. > The flowers are bracteate,complete, usually bisexual actinomorphic or > some what zygomorphic by unequal development of members as in Capparis, > tetramerous and hypogynous. > The calyx is usually of four sepals which are free or basally connate > with valvate or imbricate aestivation.The four sepals are arranged in two > series. The posterior sepal forms a hood like structure in Capparis. > The corolla is of four free petals but occasionally the are two(Cadaba) > or altogether absent(Roydsia).The petals are diagonal,often clawed and > valvate or imbricate.They are inserted on the edge of a disc in Maerua. > The androecium is of four to numerous free stamens.An androphore is > present in some species of Cleome. > The gynoecium is usually bicarpellary and syncarpous; the ovary is > sessile or elevated on a short or long gynophore, unilocular with two or > four parietal placentae. The style is usually short with a bilobed or a > capitate stigma. > The fruit is a capsule dehiscing by two valves(Cleome) or a berry(Capparis) > or drupaceous. The seeds are angled or reniform, nonendospermic and with an > incurved embryo. > Pollination and dispersal : The pollination is by insects which visit > flowers for nectar secreted by the disc.The fruits are dispersed by water > current(Crataeva) or by cattle by adhesion due to viscid exudation. > Dr Satish Phadke > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology & Horticulture Incharge Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
