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Capparis micracantha

Botanic Family

Capparaceae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

• Xiao ci shan gan (Pinyin)
• Jambol Merah (Singapore)
• Kanchoeu laidach (Cambodia)

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• N. Borneo
• Cambodia
• SW. Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Hainan
• Taiwan
• S. Yunnan - China
• Andaman Islands - India
• W. Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sulawesi
• S. Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• shrubland
• coastal thickets
• woodland
• montane areas
• savanna
• hedge
• lowland forest

Flowering Times

• Mar-May (China)
• All year (Malesia)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Aug (China)
• All year (Malesia)

Glabrous shrub, small tree or rarely spiny climber to 10m with glabrescent zigzag branchlets, thorns to 7mm long. Prickly coriaceous glabrous leaves to 240mm x 125mm. Axillary, terminal or supra-axillary inflorescence to 7 flowers, white or sometimes marked yellow or purple flowers to 21 mm, sepals 13mm x 5.5mm glabrous outside, puberulous inside with hairy margins, white or yellow aging red, brown or dark violet petals to 25mm x 7mm , glabrous outside, purple & pubescent inside. Woody-coriaceous fruit tan or red to 75mm x 45mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• NYBG
• FOC
• FOSI
• The Plant List 2
• JFM
• Botanicus
• F Indochine
• Flora Malesiana
• GBS
• Merrill