Shrikant ji, I have photographed some capers from Oman & Kenya. Will post these for you to see and if possible identify. Regards, Aarti
On Jan 14, 7:02 pm, shrikant ingalhalikar <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > > Let me share some doubts on the plant posted here. The plant disagrees > with the description in the floras in following respects. > 1. Stipular spines are hooked instead of straight. > 2. Leaves are obovate, retuse with a mucro and narrowed at base > instead of elliptic acute and rounded at base. > > The plant matches with the description of C. horrida L. described in > T. Cooke's flora which is given as a syn of C. zeylanica in BSI flora > of Maharashtra. I had seen this plant at Kanakeshwar along with Mr. > Pravin Kawle last year and was wondering if I could see it in flowers. > Can anyone explain the merger of 2 distinct plants? Regards, Shrikant > > On Jan 14, 3:02 pm, Rashida Atthar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Saw this flower of Capparis zeylanica in the evening at the south end of the > > forest in Mumbai this month. The fruits are used for making pickle. The > > flowers change colour from pinkish to red and purple by evenng as seen in > > the picture. > > > regards, > > Rashida. > > > Capparis zeylanica.JPG > > 117KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
