Capparis zeylanica L. is a plant in the Capparaceae family, order Brassicales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Capparis zeylanica L.

Capparis zeylanica L.

Capparis zeylanica L. is a common climbing shrub with no listed subspecies, whose leaves feed several Lepidopteran larval species.

Family
Genus
Capparis
Order
Brassicales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Capparis zeylanica L.

Capparis zeylanica L. is a climbing shrub that is common in the forests of the Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, China, and Malesia. The Catalogue of Life does not list any subspecies for this plant. The leaves of Capparis zeylanica L. are eaten by larvae of several Lepidoptera species.

Photo: (c) Shiwalee Samant, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Shiwalee Samant · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Brassicales Capparaceae Capparis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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