Dr. Abdulaziz M. Assaeed

Capparis decidua

Species

Capparaceae

Family

Tundhub, Sadad, Suss,

Vernacular Name

Shrub

Life Form

A bushy shrub in dense tufts, 4-5m high, or occasionally a small tree with many green vine-like apparently leafless branches. Small, light brown spines occur in pairs on twigs at each node. Leaves very minute short-lived, so that the plant looks leafless most of the time. Flowers showy pink or red, in small clusters along the leafless shoots. Fruits small many-seeded ovoid to sub-globulous, slightly mucronate pink berry

Description

Wadi beds, flooded depressions in silty soils or sand dunes overlying silty soils 

Habitat

Well browsed by camels

Grazing Importance

Used in folk medicine

Other Uses

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