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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

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Ecology

Use

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Spanish name

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Capparis ferruginea L.

Capparidaceae

SE North America (Cuba, Grand Cayman, Hispaniola, Jamaica)

xer calc

dr (flower tea taken orally for nerve disorders, leaves decoction gargled for thrush, taken orally for venereal disease, rooth bath for hysteria, shock and mourning, strong leaves decoction applied externally for skin disease and herpes)

Capparis incana Spreng. non Kunth Capparis octandra Jacq. Linnaeobreynia ferruginea (L.) Hutch.

mustardshrub caper; devil head; mustard shrub (Jamaica)

câprier balai-four; balai four, balai velour, balai velours (Haiti); bois caca, bois puant (Martinique and Guadeloupe); bois rave, bois Sénégal (Haiti)

frijol (Dominican Republic); mostachilla chica (Cuba); mostacillo (Cuba); olivo (Cuba, Dominican Republic)

bwa senegal, balay fou, bwa velou (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Capparis ferruginea L.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Grand Cayman, Hispaniola, Jamaica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage
Ecology	xer calc
Use	dr (flower tea taken orally for nerve disorders, leaves decoction gargled for thrush, taken orally for venereal disease, rooth bath for hysteria, shock and mourning, strong leaves decoction applied externally for skin disease and herpes)
Synonym	Capparis incana Spreng. non Kunth Capparis octandra Jacq. Linnaeobreynia ferruginea (L.) Hutch.
English name	mustardshrub caper; devil head; mustard shrub (Jamaica)
French name	câprier balai-four; balai four, balai velour, balai velours (Haiti); bois caca, bois puant (Martinique and Guadeloupe); bois rave, bois Sénégal (Haiti)
Spanish name	frijol (Dominican Republic); mostachilla chica (Cuba); mostacillo (Cuba); olivo (Cuba, Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa senegal, balay fou, bwa velou (creole, Haiti)
Trade name