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Capparis tomentosa
Also called Cape Bush, Wollerige Kapperbos, Woolly Caper Bush
Capparis tomentosa, the woolly caper bush or African caper, is a plant in the family Capparaceae and is native to Africa.
Found in bushveld and forest from the Eastern Cape of South Africa, through KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo Province, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia and into tropical Africa. The northern part of the range extends from Senegal to Eritrea, and this species is also found in the Mascarene Islands.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Capparis tomentosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
