Plant Details

Accepted name:: Capparis spinosa L. [Capparaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 12

Capparis spinosa var. aegyptia (Lam.) Boiss.

Capparis spinosa var. atlantica (Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz) Fici

Capparis spinosa var. canescens Coss.

Capparis spinosa subsp. cordifolia (Lam.) Fici

Capparis spinosa var. herbacea (Willd.) Fici

Capparis spinosa subsp. himalayensis (Jafri) Fici

Capparis spinosa var. mucronifolia (Boiss.) Hedge & Lamond ex R.R.Stewart

Capparis spinosa var. myrtifolia (Inocencio, D.Rivera, Obón & Alcaraz) Fici

Capparis spinosa var. ovata (Desf.) Sm.

Capparis spinosa subsp. parviflora (Boiss.) Ahmadi, H.Saeidi & Mirtadz.

Capparis spinosa subsp. rupestris (Sm.) Nyman

Capparis spinosa subsp. spinosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abaar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ahiṃsrā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
alcaparra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alcaparro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asaria	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
azuf	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bagh mukhe	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
barar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ber	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhotiayas-kabara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bikh kabar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caper	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
caper bush	Other	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
caper plant	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
caperbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
capers	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ceper plant	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
câprier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
egyptian caper	Other	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
fakouha	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
flinders-rose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gillik	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
hainsaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
himsra	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
himsraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hiṃsrā(root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jeevakamu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kaakdaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kabar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kabara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kabaree	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kabbar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
kabra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kabur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalvari	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanthara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kanther	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kapern	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
kapernstrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kapertsy kolyuchiye	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kappari	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
kappariá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
kapparka	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
kapris	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kari	Other	Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
kartotti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathari mullina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katthari mullina gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaur	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kavar	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kaṇṭakā tikṣṇagandhā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kaṇṭhārī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
keber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kebere	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kebir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khawarg	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kiari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kibar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kibr	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kokilaakshamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokilakshamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kokitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kovul	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kurak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lajagi	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
lasafa	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
lassaf	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
maraat moggu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullu katthari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullukattari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mullukatthari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nibate	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nippatthike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panatero	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
risha kabar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
risha kavar	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sambaar moggu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shafallah	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
sheffallah	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
shorot	Other	Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
taloulout	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
tikenduu konuz bash	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
tīkṣṇa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
wagati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
waghati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
καππαριά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
καππαρκά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
القبار	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
شفاله	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
قبر	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
كبار	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
كبر	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
لصف	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
کور	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
老鼠瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Root		Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
Fruit		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruit, Root		Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
Seed, Root, Fruit stem		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
young stems, Floral bud, Fruits		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
leaves, flower bulbs, fruits		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
flower bud, fruit, tender shoot		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
buds, fruit, tender tops		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Flower, bud		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Roots, barks, leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaves, aerial parts		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
Fruits		Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
bark, fruit, flower buds, root, leaves	juice of leaves, dried flower buds	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit, root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
flower bud		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
seeds, bark, roots, fruits, flower buds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
flower		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
root	root	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
fruit, leaf		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
roots, root bark, flowers, fruit		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Capparis spinosa	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Capparis spinosa L	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
Capparis spinosa L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafnia et al., 1984) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Capparis spinosa Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Capparis spinosa Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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