Capparis

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Capparis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Capparis (Greek, caper, said by some to have been derived from the Arabic name of the plant). Capparidaceae. Caper-bush, or Caper-tree. Greenhouse plants North, and suited to the open in Florida and California. Trees and shrubs, with simple lvs.: sepals 4, rarely 5; petals usually 4; stamens usually many, inserted on the receptacle, the filaments thread-like and free; ovary long-stalked, 1—4-celled, with many ovules.— More than 150 species distributed throughout the warm regions of the earth. Differing from Cleome and most other cult, genera of the family in having baccate, not capsular, fr. Capers are pickles mode by preserving the flower- buds of C. spinosa, a straggling shrub which grows out of old walls, rocks, and rubbish in Mediterranean regions and India. Also rarely cultivated as a greenhouse flowering shrub. Propagation is by cuttings of ripe wood, under a bell-jar, in greenhouses, and by seeds South. C. acuminata, Lindl. St. shrubby, with flexuose, smooth branches: lvs. petiolate ovate-lanceolate, acuminate: fls. large, solitary, white, the conspicuous stamens 3-4 times as long as the petals. China. B.R. 1320. Wilhelm miller. N.Taylor. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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