Capparaceae Capparis indica (L.) Druce

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Apex of leaf blade
• Lamina leaf blade
• Mucro
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Outline of leaf blade
• Leaf
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Levera National Park - GRENADA
• Barra de la Cruz - HUGHESFRP

Species information

Description
Tree up to 10m tall. Covered in silvery scales. See. C.odoratissima A small to medium sized tree. Lf stalkls scaly; blades ellitpic to bobate; not leathery, pointed or rounded at both ends. 4-11 cm long . The end of each leaf often often with a small, stiff point. Bark is dark, smooth . Flowers fragrant. Inflorescences of about 6 flowers; 7-13mm x 4-8mm white petals densely hairy on both sides. Stamens 1.5-2.5 cm long. Fruit seldner 4-26cm x 6-9mm, constricted between seeds splitting to reveal brightly colored orange/red insuid and 8 mm long seeds.

Specimen information

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
642

Location
Levera beach.

Notes
Tree 6 m tall. BARK: finely rough like sandpaper. SLASH: thin, pale orange, smell of horse-raddish. LEAVES: US midrib channelled and with stellate scales; LS rough with silver and red scales. FLOWERS: white. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =146A, below=147B)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.120000 N   Longitude: 61.360000 W   Altitude: 5