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Taxon:  Capparis spinosa L.



Summary
Genus:
Capparis
Family:
Capparaceae
Nomen number:
8897
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:503. 1753
Verified:
03/12/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
915 (915  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Capparis spinosa L. subsp. rupestris (Sm.) Nyman (1 active accession[s])
Capparis spinosa L. subsp. spinosa (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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Common names
English
caper –
caperbush –
Flinders-rose –
Arabic
shafallah –
French
câprier –
German
Kapernstrauch –
Portuguese
alcaparra –
Spanish
alcaparro –
Swedish
kapris –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaBahrain  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaQatar  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaUnited Arab Emirates  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands 
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australian.
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraineKrym 
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance s. & Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificGuam  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificSolomon Islands  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificVanuatu  
2Cultivated    widely cult.
4Naturalized    possibly natzd. in some regions
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • CHINA: China [Xinjiang, Xizang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Nepal, Pakistan
  • MALESIA: Indonesia [Lesser Sunda Islands], Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland, Western Australia (n.), Northern Territory]
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (s. & Corsica), Portugal
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Guam
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Solomon Islands, Vanuatu
Cultivated (widely cult.)
Naturalized (possibly natzd. in some regions)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Food additives
flavoring (fide F Eur ed2; F Iraq; F USSR) –
Human food
vegetable (flower bud primary source of common caper fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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