Capparis decidua
Uses
Chad (central): fruit eaten. India (Rajasthan, western): ripe fruit eaten raw; fruit eaten as vegetable and made into pickle; unripe fruit dried or used as vegetable or pickled. Flower buds used as potherbs. Floral nectar also eaten.
Additional Information
- Name Authority:
- (Forsk.) Edgew.
- Vernaculars:
- Chad (central) (Arabic): Tountoub. Rajasthan (western) (plant): Kair, Dhalu ; (fruit): Laddu. Rajasthan (Jaisalmer district): Ker
- Misc:
- Soil type favored by plant (Western Rajasthan): flat alluvial plains.
