Capparaceae

C. aphylla

Capparis decidua (Forssk.) Edgew.

Family: Capparaceae
Genus: Capparis

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C. aphylla (Capparis decidua) — FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (18)

Arabic: قبار نفضي
arz: قبار نفضى
Bangla: করেল
English: C. aphylla
Gujarati: કેરડો
Hebrew: צלף רותמי
Hindi: कैर, करील
lah: کریڑ, کرینہہ, کریہہ
Macedonian: Листопадна лубеничарка, Каир
Malayalam: കരീരം
Persian: کلیر
pi: करीर, 𑖎𑖨𑖱𑖨
Punjabi: ਕਰੀਰ, ਕਰੀਹ, ਕਰੀਂਹ
Sanskrit: करीर
Sindhi: ڪرڙ
Tajik: Kavar
Telugu: ఏనుగదంత
Urdu: کریل

Synonyms

Capparis aphylla Roth
Capparis sodada R.Br.
Maerua linearis Pax
Niebuhria linearis DC.
Sodada decidua Forssk.

Flowers

In flower: February to July, September to October (from 94 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: LRBurdak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Reshma Tadvi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: LRBurdak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Carmen Ferguson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: LRBurdak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Muhammad Javed, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: P Jeganathan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.