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Capparis lanceolaris

Botanic Family

Capparaceae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

• Spreading Caper
• Sulo-sulo (Bagobos)

Geographical Habitats

• Queensland - Australia
• Hainan
• Taiwan - China
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi - Indonesia
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Timor Leste

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• coastal
• creekside trees
• montane jungle
• primary and secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Jun-Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Jul (Philippines)

Somewhat scandent or trailing, hemiepiphytic shrub with hooked branches, recurved thorns to 7mm long. Mostly glabrous coriaceous leaves spiny beneath, to 160mm x 70mm. Axillary or terminal umbels, racemes or corymbs with small hairy bracts, to 9 flowers, white, yellowish-white, pink or red, sometimes greenish, glabrous sepals to 10mm x 5mm, petals 11mm x 6mm puberulous towards base. Terminal infructescence to 150mm long, pale blue-black fruit 22.5mm x 35mm.

Further References

• FOC
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Elmer
• Botanicus
• Flora Malesiana