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Capparis cantoniensis

Botanic Family

Capparaceae

Author

Loureiro

Common Names

• Guang zhou shan gan (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hongkong
• Macau
• S. & SE. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands
• Assam
• Sikkim - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Myanmar
• S. Philippines
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Waterside
• thickets
• forest
• coastal
• montane areas
• forest edges

Flowering Times

• Nearly all year

Fruiting Times

• Nearly all year

Large spiny scandent shrub to 20m, with stems densely pubescent becoming glabrescent, recurved thorns to 5mm long. Mucronate leaves glabrescent to 105mm x 40mm. Axillary or terminal panicles or corymbs with minute bracts, to 11 flowers, sometimes fragrant, white or greenish flowers, sepals to 6mm x 3mm, petals 6mm x 4mm, glabrous outside, villous inside. Yellow or reddish fruit 15mm diameter.

Further References

• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana