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Capparis quiniflora

Botanic Family

Capparaceae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• Torres Strait Islands
• Western Australia - Australia
• Fiji
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• SE. Sulawesi - Indonesia
• Nauru
• New Caledonia
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Timor Leste
• Tonga

Natural Habitats

• Coastal

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Scandent vine with recurved thorns to 3mm long. Subcoriaceous leaves ferrugineus-puberulent becoming glabrescent to 120mm x 75mm. Axillary inflorescence of white flowers, tomentellous sepals to 50mm x 30mm, puberulous petals to 7mm x 4mm. Leathery, warty fruit 27.5mm x 25mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FV
• Flora Malesiana