Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Capparis lucida (DC.) R.Br. ex Benth.
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Flowers. © CSIRO
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Leaves and flower [not vouchered]. © R.L. Jago
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Fruit, side view, cross section and seeds. © W. T. Cooper
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Scale bar 10mm. © CSIRO
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Cotyledon stage, epigeal germination. © CSIRO
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10th leaf stage. © CSIRO
Family
Bentham, G. (1863) Flora Australiensis 1: 96.
Common name
Coast Caper
Stem
Frequently grows into a small tree, sometimes somewhat scandent but usually flowers and fruits as a shrub 3-4 m tall.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
Fruit globose, about 2.5-5 cm diam., pericarp smooth. Seeds numerous, each about 6 mm long. Cotyledons folded and rolled and located +/- in the centre of the spiralled embryo.
Seedlings
Distribution and Ecology
Synonyms
Capparis lucida (DC.) Benth. f. lucida, Bibliotheca Botanica 89(4): 688(1928). Thilachium lucidum DC., Prodromus 1: 254(1824), Type: Queensland, In insula Booby inter Nov.-Holl. et Nov.-Guineam. Capparis lucida Banks! herb. (v.s. in h. Banks.) Holo: BM?. Busbeckea corymbiflora F.Muell., Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1: 163(1858), Type: Qld. In insula Lord Howicks Group. [given by M.Jacobs, Blumea 12 (1965) 520 as F. von Mueller s.n. (K, MEL). F. Mueller probably not collector.
RFK Code
3044
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