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Capparis tomentosa

Capparis tomentosa (Graham Grieve, iSpot)
Common names: woolly caper bush (Eng.), wollerige kapperbos, wag-‘n-bietjie (Afr.), inkunzi-ebomvu, iqwaningi, umqoqolo, ukhokhwana, umabusane (isiZulu), imfishlo
Family: Capparaceae

... Lerato Hoveka National Herbarium, Pretoria October 2016   Capparis tomentosa is a spiny, much-branched shrub or small ... Fruits are produced in summer, from December to March. Capparis tomentosa is indigenous to the Eastern Cape, ... mountain slopes, forests; river banks and coastal bush. Capparis tomentosa prefers to grow on ant hills in deciduous ...

10 / 10 / 2016 | Lerato Hoveka | National Herbarium Pretoria
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