Common name: Round Leaf Caper • Marathi: कोळीस्मा Kolisma
Botanical name: Capparis rotundifolia Family: Capparaceae (Caper family)
Round Leaf Caper is a small shrub, growing up to 1-2 m high. It has many
slender branches and alternately arranged leaves which are nearly circular,
1-3 cm across. White flowers, 2 cm across, occur on umbels in leaf axils.
They are typical caper form, with numerous long prominent stamens, and white
small petals, 0.6-0.6 cm long. Occasionally occur in forest clearings at high
elevations in hills.
| Photographed in Alibag, Maharashtra. |
Identification credit: Pravin Kawale
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