Capparis sepiaria

• Botanical Name : Capparis sepiaria L.
• Common Name : Kanther, Wild Caper Bush
• Plant Family : Capparaceae or Capparidaceae
• Plant Form : Climbers
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 1, 10, 26, 27, 30
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Ayurvedic Udyan, Van Chetana Kendra, Aranya Van

About Capparis sepiaria Plant :

• Habit : A much branched, woody climbing shrub.   
• Leaves : Small, broadly ovate, emarginated, hairy when young, with a pair of hooked stipules.
• Inflorescence : Umbels
• Flowers :
  • White in many flowered sessile or thorny peduncled umbels.
  • Sepals long and petals narrow. Stamens many.
  • Ovary raised on a short gynophore.
• Fruit : A small, globose, black berry, one seeded.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : October - May
• Significance :
  • Common hedge plant.
  • It is used in skin diseases.