Hello Shrikant ji According to Fl. of Maharashtra-Almeida sir the citation is as follows Capparis zeylanica L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 720, 1792, Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay 1: 47; Almeida, Fl. Mah. 1: 50, 1996; Singh et al. Fl. Mah. St. 1: 215, 2000; Pradhan et al, Fl. SGNP 98, 2005. Synonyms: C. hastigera Hans, Seem. Bot. 6. 296, 1868. C. xanthophylla coll. & Hemsl., J. L. Soc. Lord. Bot. 28: 20, 1980. C. horrida L.f. Suppl. 264, 1781. Common name: Tarati, Wagoti, Wag, Govindi, Govindphal.
C. zeylanica and C. horrida are one and the same plant. also the fruit are commonly used during Ganpati festival and kept near the ganpati Idol along with Fruits of Celastrsu paniculatus. Regards Satish Pardeshi On Jan 27, 2:35 pm, Rashida Atthar <atthar.rash...@gmail.com> wrote: > Muthu ji can you please mention a charactersitic or two, from the flora you > generally refer to indicate this is not C. zeylanica? > > regards, > Rashida. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Muthu Karthick <nmk....@gmail.com> wrote: > > The plant posted is not *Capparis zeylanica*. kindly validate. > > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Aarti S. Khale > > <aarti.kh...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> 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 <le...@rediffmail.com> > >> 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 <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- Hide quoted text - > > >> > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > Muthu Karthick, N > > Junior Research Fellow > > Care Earth Trust > > #15, second main road, > > Thillai ganga nagar, > > Chennai - 600 061 > > Mob: 09626833911 > >www.careearthtrust.org
