TROPICAL PLANT ENCYCLOPEDIA
Capparis tomentosa
Woolly Caper-bushFamily: Capparaceae
Origin: Africa
Mostly a robust woody climber but occasionally a shrub or small tree, armed with sharp, paired, hooked thorns. Flowers quite showy, yellowish-green with a mass of long white or pinkish stamens.
Similar plants:
- Capparis cartilaginea, Capparis sinaica (Capparis)
- Capparis cynophallophora, Quadrella jamaicensis (Jamaica Caper Tree, Mustard Tree)
- Capparis decidua (Karira, Retama Caper)
- Capparis erythrocarpus (Pitipiti, Apana, Patahofuo)
- Capparis micracantha (Capertree, Chingchee)
- Capparis spinosa (Caper)
- Cynophalla flexuosa, Morisonia flexuosa, Capparis flexuosa (Limber Caper, Bayleaf Capertree)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/capparis_tomentosa.htm