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 <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> 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
