Capparis decidua | Dava Bazaar in India

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Capparis decidua

Scientific Name and Description

Capparis decidua (FORSK.) EDGEW.

Herb Family

Plant type

Shrub

Capparis aphylla ROTH. NOV.
Capparis aphylla Roth
Capparis decidua Pax
Capparis sodada R.Br. nom. illeg.
Sodada decidua Forssk.

Hindi	kabra, kachra, kair, karel, karel-ka-tel, karer, karia, karil, kario, karir, karira, karu, ker, kerro, kurel, kurrel, lete, satari, Kair, Karer
Kannada	chippuri, cippuri, kaareela, kareera, kareeuppina gida, kari uppigida, kari uppina gida, karira, keraa, kiruli, nispatigay, nispatley gida, shipri
Malayalam	karimulli, karimullu
Marathi	karil, ker, naepathi, naevatho, nepati, nevati,Karer
Sanskrit	apatra, granthila, gudhapatra, kantaki, karaka, karira, karirah, kataphala, krakara, krakatha, krishashakha, mar vidahika, marubharuha, maruruhu, mriduphala, nigudhapatra, nishpatra, nishpatrika, shakapushpa, shatakunta, shonapushpa, suphala, tikshnakantaka, tikshnasara, ubhuruha, ushnasundara, vishvakpatra, Kaphalkatu
Tamil	cattiputpam, cattiracoputpam, cinaikaravi, cinaikaravicceti, ciracukkilam, cirakak ciratci, cutakkini, kariram, karyal, kelal, kentikam, kulaladondai, kulalatontai, kuraram, marupurukam oli, cirakatantai, cirakkoli, cirakkoli, palaccaka, sengam, senkam, sirakkali, vayacca, vayaccam, venu, palaccaka, sengam, senkam, sirakkali, vayacca, vayaccam, venu
Telugu	enugadanta, kariramu, mumudatu
Tibetan	ka ri ra, rgya sna lu, rgya sne u (p & d), u bo ka (d), u po ta ka (p), u po ta ki la
Urdu	ab karir, kachia phal, titali
Common names	Capparis aphylla, Kair, Karer,
English	Caper Berry
Rajasthan Region	Kair, Kerro

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Pharmacological profile

Phytochemicals

Herb usable parts

Roots

Stem

Bark

Fruits

Seeds

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Powdered young shoot cures toothache.
The tender branches and young leaves are used as plaster for boils and swellings.
Bark is useful for cough and asthma.
Root bark is given in intermittent fever, rheumatism and inflammation.
The ash of root used for bone setting.
Fruit edible, useful in biliousness and cardiac trouble.
Dried powdered fruit is used to cure cough and as vermifuge.
The fresh juice of the stem cures ring worm disease.

Source: Medicinal Plants in the Indian Arid Zone, March 2005, Director Central Arid Zone Research Institute Jodhpur 342 003

Capparis decidua (Forssk.) Edgew.

Habit - Shrub

Parts used - Stem, root, seed, fruit, bark

Application - General

References -Dey and De 2012, Kayani et al. 2014