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Bare Caper
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Bare Caper
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Common name: Bare Caper, Caper berry, Leafless caper-bush • Arabic: قبار نفضي • Bengali: করেল karil • Gujarati: કેરડો kerdo • Hindi: कैर kair, कैरिया kairiya, करीर karir, करील karil, करीं kareen, पीचू pichu, टींट teent, टेंटी tenti • Kannada: ಚಿಪ್ಪುರಿ chippuri, ಕರೀರ karir, ಕರೀ ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಗಿಡ kari uppi gida, ನಿಸ್ಪಟ್ಗೇ ಗಿಡ nispatge gida • Konkani: किरळ kiral • Malayalam: കരിമുള്ളി karimulli, കരീരം kariram, തൂതവളം tudavalam • Marathi: करील karil, करीर karir, किरळ kiral, नेपती nepati • Odia: କରିର karir, କ୍ରକର krakara • Persian: کلیر kelar • Punjabi: ਕਰੀਂਹ karinha, ਕਰੀਰ karir • Rajasthani: कैर kair, टेंट taint • Sanskrit: दीर्घपत्त्रक dirghapattraka, ग्रन्थिक granthika, ग्रन्थिल granthila, गूढपत्त्र gudhapattra, करीर karira, क्रकर krakara, कुरर kurara, मरुभूरुह marubhuruha, निष्पत्त्रिका nishpattrika, ताम्रपत्त्रक tamrapattraka, तीक्ष्णकण्टक tikshnakantaka, वेणुकर्कर venukarkara • Sindhi: ڪرڙ kirrirr • Tamil: சிரக்கோழி cira-k-koli, குழலாதொண்டை kulal-atontai, கெந்திகம் kentikam, மருபூருகம் maru-purukam, செங்கம் senkam • Telugu: ఏనుగుదంత enugadanta, కరీరము kariramu, ముముదాటు mumudatu • Tibetan: ཀ་རི་ར ka ri ra • Urdu: کرير karir, پيچو pichu Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Capparis decidua    Family: Capparaceae (Caper family)
Bare Caper is a climbing shrub with vine-like branches hanging in bundles. The bark is greeish-yellow and smooth. The thorns are paired, pale brown, straight or hooked and to 0.5cm. There are only leaves on young shoots that are small and narrow and soon fall off. Leaves only appear during short rains. Flowers are pink-red, single or in threes beside leaves and about 1cm across. Flowers appear at the beginning of the dry season. Fruits are red and rounded, about 1cm across, black when ripe and dry. Fruits are edible. The skin of the fruit has to be removed and the flesh can be eaten. Everybody collects and eats the fruits.
Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in JNU & Garden of Five Senses, Delhi & Maharashtra.
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