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Capparis tonkinensis is a climbing shrub from the caper family, known only from Vietnam. It is a wild tropical species rarely grown in gardens, so care guidance is limited.
Capparis tonkinensis is a species of climbing shrub in the family Capparaceae. The recorded distribution is restricted to Viet Nam where it may be called cáp bắc bộ. No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.
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 tonkinensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
