Species
Caper bush
Capparis spinosa
Varieties
1 entriesCapparis spinosa is a sprawling shrub with rounded, relatively thick leaves. Open flowers have four pale petals surrounding numerous long stamens.
Botanical characteristics
Capers are the unopened flower buds, while caperberries are the later fruits. Distinguishing buds, flowers and fruit explains the plant more clearly than using caper as a name for every reproductive structure.
Flower buds, open flowers and fruits
Caper identifies the botanical seed reference for the wholesale assortment.
At a glance
Species profile
Botanical details
- Botanical name
- Capparis spinosa
- Common names
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- alcaparra, alcaparro, caper, caperbush, câprier, câprier épineux, echter kapernstrauch, flinders-rose, kapernstrauch, kapris, kebbar, shafallah, taylulut, teiloulout
- Synonyms
- Capparis vulgaris, Capparis vulgaris acutifolia, Capparis vulgaris inermis
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Brassicales
- Family
- Capparaceae
- Genus
- Capparis
- Species
- Capparis spinosa