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Capparis fascicularis

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Internal ID UUID64400f3632da8823937887
Scientific name Capparis fascicularis
Authority DC.
First published in Prodr. 1: 248 (1824)

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Capparis fascicularis, also known as the zigzag caper-bush, is a plant in the Capparaceae family that is native to Africa. It has multiple synonyms and is divided into four varieties. It is found in various regions of Africa, including South Africa, Mozambique, and Ethiopia. This species typically grows in deciduous bushland, grassland, and riverine forests. It is a scrambling shrub or climber with hooked spines on the stem. The fragrant flowers are white and produced on leafless side branchlets. The fruit is spherical and ripens to a purple-black color. The leaves of this plant are sold as food in markets in northern Nigeria. Capparis fascicularis is also an important food source for the larvae of the butterflies Belenois creona and Eronia cleodora.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Capparis calvescens Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 195 (1915)
Capparis flanaganii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 197 (1915)
Capparis jodotricha Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 196 (1915)
Capparis macrosperma Delile in Rochet, Sec. Voy. Choa 344.
Capparis marlothii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 198 (1915)
Capparis oliveriana Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 216 (1903)
Capparis rothii Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 97 (1868)
Capparis rudatisii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 198 (1915)
Capparis schlechteri Schinz Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 555 (1912)
Capparis solanoides Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53(1-2): 197. 1915 [27 Apr 1915]
Capparis somalensis Gilg Ann. Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 6: 90 (1900)
Capparis transvaalensis Schinz Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 57: 556 (1912)
Capparis transvaalensis var. calvescens (Gilg & Benedict) Marais Bothalia 8: 165 1964

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Language Common/alternative name
Arabic قبار حزمي

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Capparis fascicularis var. elaeagnoides (Gilg) DeWolf Kew Bull. 16: 81. 1962 (1962)
Capparis fascicularis var. scheffleri (Gilg & Benedict) DeWolf Kew Bull. 16: 81 1962
Capparis fascicularis var. zeyheri (Turcz.) Toelken Bothalia 10: 65. 1969 (1969)

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
      • Swaziland
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Burkina
      • Gambia
      • Mali
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Congo
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000584695
Tropicos 5900485
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146436-1
The Plant List kew-2697161
Open Tree Of Life 974958
NCBI Taxonomy 992656
IUCN Red List 158347
IPNI 146436-1
iNaturalist 342721
GBIF 5602400
Freebase /m/0g58kjg
EPPO CPPFA
EOL 5161421
Wikipedia Capparis_fascicularis

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Ethnoveterinary medicinal plants and their utilization by indigenous and local communities of Dugda District, Central Rift Valley, Ethiopia Oda BK, Lulekal E, Warkineh B, Asfaw Z, Debella A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10924356
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00665-0
PMID:38461267
Medicinal plants of the upper Aswa River catchment of northern Uganda - a cultural crossroads Masters ET J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 27-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10605377
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00620-5
PMID:37884931
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Phylogeny and multiple independent whole‐genome duplication events in the Brassicales Mabry ME, Brose JM, Blischak PD, Sutherland B, Dismukes WT, Bottoms CA, Edger PP, Washburn JD, An H, Hall JC, McKain MR, Al‐Shehbaz I, Barker MS, Schranz ME, Conant GC, Pires JC Am J Bot 24-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7496422
doi:10.1002/ajb2.1514
PMID:32830865
The Use of Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of Toothache in Ethiopia Megersa M, Jima TT, Goro KK Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 20-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6721409
doi:10.1155/2019/2645174
PMID:31531110
Impact of altitude and anthropogenic disturbance on plant species composition, diversity, and structure at the Wof-Washa highlands of Ethiopia Yirga F, Marie M, Kassa S, Haile M Heliyon 12-Aug-2019
PMCID:PMC6702390
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02284
PMID:31453405
Wild edible plants used by communities in and around selected forest reserves of Teso-Karamoja region, Uganda Ojelel S, Mucunguzi P, Katuura E, Kakudidi EK, Namaganda M, Kalema J J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 09-Jan-2019
PMCID:PMC6327394
doi:10.1186/s13002-018-0278-8
PMID:30626418
Review of Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties of Euclea natalensis A.DC. Maroyi A Molecules 02-Dec-2017
PMCID:PMC6149716
doi:10.3390/molecules22122128
PMID:29207467
Characterization of the goat feeding system among rural small holder farmers in the semi-arid regions of Uganda Nampanzira DK, Kabasa JD, Nalule SA, Nakalembe I, Tabuti JR Springerplus 18-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC4408307
doi:10.1186/s40064-015-0961-3
PMID:25932373
Medicinal plants potential and use by pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in Erer Valley of Babile Wereda, Eastern Ethiopia Belayneh A, Asfaw Z, Demissew S, Bussa NF J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 22-Oct-2012
PMCID:PMC3549935
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-8-42
PMID:23082858
Multi-Plant or Single-Plant Extracts, Which is the Most Effective for Local Healing in Tanzania? Otieno JN, Hosea KM, Lyaruu HV, Mahunnah RL Afr J Tradit Complement Altern Med 22-Jan-2008
PMCID:PMC2816543
doi:10.4314/ajtcam.v5i2.31269
PMID:20161933

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