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Capparis masaikai, known as mabinlang, is a scrambling shrub or liana from the caper family found in subtropical southern China and northern Vietnam. Its tennis-ball-sized fruits have seeds that taste sweet, and it is grown mainly for that interest and in traditional medicine rather than as an ornamental.
Capparis masaikai, known as mabinlang, grows in the subtropical region of the Yunnan province of China and bear fruits of tennis-ball size. The mature seeds are used in traditional Chinese medicine.
They are also used as sweets; the seeds elicit a sweet taste when chewed.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
