Capparaceae
Maerua oblongifolia
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Genus
- Maerua
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Common names
By language (3)
- Malayalam
- ഭൂമി ചക്കരക്കിഴങ്ങ്
- Tamil
- பூமிசர்க்கரைக் கிழங்கு
- Telugu
- భూచక్రగడ్డ, భూచక్ర గడ్డ
Synonyms
- Capparis heteroclita Roxb.
- Capparis heterogenea Roxb. ex Steud.
- Capparis mithridatica Forssk.
- Capparis oblongifolia Forssk.
- Crateva oblongifolia (Forssk.) Spreng.
- Maerua albomarginata Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Maerua amphilahensis A.Terracc.
- Maerua angustifolia A.Rich.
- Maerua arenaria var. glabra Hook.f. & Thomson
- Maerua arenaria var. scabra Hook.f. & Thomson
- Maerua dasyura Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Maerua dolichobotrys Gilg & Gilg-Ben.
- Maerua erythreae Gilg & Gilg-Ben. ex Engl.
- Maerua lanzae Fiori
- Maerua oblongifolia var. amphilahensis (A.Terracc.) Pirotta
- Maerua oblongifolia var. glabra (Hook.f. & Thomson) N.C.Nair
- Maerua oblongifolia var. mithridatica (Forssk.) Pirotta
- Maerua oblongifolia var. scabra (Hook.f. & Thomson) N.C.Nair
- Maerua ovalifolia Cambess.
- Maerua racemosa Lanza
- Maerua rogeonii A.Chev.
- Maerua scabra Cambess.
- Maerua scebelensis Chiov.
- Maerua virgata Gilg
- Maerua virgata var. glabra R.Wilczek
- Niebuhria arenaria DC.
- Niebuhria oblongifolia (Forssk.) DC.
- Streblocarpus angustifolia (A.Rich.) Endl. ex Walp.
- Streblocarpus oblongifolia (Forssk.) Endl. ex Walp.
- Streblocarpus ovalifolia Endl. ex Walp.
- Streblocarpus scabra Endl. ex Walp.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to March (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Aruna Gamuz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Malaika Mathew Chawla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Subhashish Panigrahi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Qarshi Industries Pvt Ltd, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.