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Capparis spinosa subsp. cordifolia

Capparis spinosa subsp. cordifolia
Photo: Halenhardy, CC0
Family
Capparaceae (Cappar family)
Grows as
Shrub
Water
Likes moisture

About

Capparis spinosa subsp. cordifolia (Chamorro: atkåpares), is a plant endemic to central Malesia and western and southern Pacific Ocean islands. It is a shrub growing along coastal limestone cliffs.

Where it grows

The subspecies can be found in the following islands: Caroline Islands, Cook Islands, Fiji, Lesser Sunda Islands, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Islands.

Other Capparis plants

Capparis acutifolia · Brush Caper Berry · Capparis batianoffii · Native Caper · Sodada · Capers · Capparis fascicularis · Split-arse-jack · Capparis loranthifolia · Capparis lucida · Capparis masaikai · Capparis micracantha

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Capparis spinosa subsp. cordifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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