Evergreen , straggling or climbing shrub ; up to 3 m tall , (rarely non-climbing) . Stems glabrous or rough by short stiff hairs , with lax sometimes decumbent or short erect branches . Leaves alternate , simple , leathery , pale green , narrowly oblong (rarely broadly elliptic in non-climbing plants) , acute to obtuse at the tip , mucronate , rounded at base , entire margin , glabrous , petiolate . Inflorescences in axillary or terminal racemes , rarely solitary and axillary . Flowers white , fragrant ; sepals 4 , oblong-ovate , green ; petals white or yellow-green ; stamens numerous , borne on a short androphore ; anthers 1–2 . 5 mm long ; ovary cylindrical , borne on a gynophore . Fruit cylindrical , very torulose , usually glabrous , irregularly constricted in between the seeds , red when mature , often somewhat twisted . Seeds normally in 4 rows . (Ref . Flora of Oman ; vol . 1) .
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Rare & Threatened (RT) - Endangered (EN D1) - National Assessment
Very Rare
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Capparis oblongifolia Forssk.
Maerua albomarginata Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
Niebuhria arenaria DC.
Streblocarpus oblongifolia (Forssk.) Endl.
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Desert caper
Desert maerua
Necklace-berried caper
Not recorded yet
*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
