Capparis decidua
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| Capparis decidua | |||||||||||||||
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Not evaluated (IUCN)
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| Capparis decidua (Forssk.) Edgew. |
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Capparis aphylla |
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Capparis decidua is commonly known as karir, kair, kirir, karril, etc. It is either a small tree with many branches or a shrub of the Thar desert and other hot and dry regions in southern Asia. It has a lot of thin, leafless branches, the small leaves being found only on young shoots. It rarely grows above a height of 5 meters (15 feet). The berries can be eaten and mixed with sangri (beans from the tree prosopis cineraria) form a vegetable dish called "Kair sangri" in Rajasthan, India, which is a delicacy to many.
