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A deciduous , bushy shrub or small tree ; up to 4 m tall , with stipular spines . Stems scrambling , much branched , glabrous with leafless branches , becoming spiny with age ; bark greeish-yellow , smooth . Leaves often leafless except on young shoots and barren branchlets , small , oblong to lanceolate , sparsely pubescent , plicate ; spines paired , pale brown , straight or hooked . Inflorescences solitary , axillary or in clusters , on long peduncles on short lateral branches . Flowers showy , usually orange-red ; sepals 4 , unequal , with 3 shallowly boat-shaped , petaloid ; petals 4 , connivent ; stamens 8-20 , exserted ; ovary borne on a 10-15 mm long gynophore . Fruit berry , globose , pubescent , fleshy , green turning deep red when ripe , many-seeded . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1)
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Rare & Threatened (RT) - Endangered (EN D1) - National Assessment ; Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment
Rare
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Capparis aphylla Roth
Maerua linearis Pax
Niebuhria linearis DC.
Sodada decidua Forssk.
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Karira
Bare Caper
Caper Berry
Leafless Caper-bush
The hard wood (bark) is reported to be resistant to white ants. It was used to form the foundation of old houses. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2003). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.1: Piperaceae – Primulaceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 90-72619-55-2 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. Fourth Edition. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-86645-3 ISSN 978-0-521-68553-5. *Miller, A.G. & Cope, T.A. (1996). Flora of the Arabian Peninsula and Socotra 1: 1-586. Edinburgh university press. ISBN 0748604758. *Patzelt, A. (2015). Oman Plant Red Data Book. Published by Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Oman Botanic Garden Publication No. 1. ISBN 978-99969-50-10-0. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
