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Capparis flexuosa (L.) L.

Capparidaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics)

SC SE

S[M]

xer sili?

dr fd fw ma

Capparis cynophallophora L. 1759 non sp.pl. 1753 Capparis didymobotrys Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Capparis didymobotrys Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.López Capparis eucalyptifolia Haught. Capparis flexuosa L. Capparis guayaquilensis Kunth Capparis hastata L. non Jacq. Capparis laevigata Mart. Capparis lanceolata Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Capparis lanceolata Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.López Capparis longifolia Sw. Capparis mollis Kunth Capparis polyantha Triana & Planch. Capparis saligna Vahl Capparis sinclairii Benth. Capparis pauciflora Kunth Morisonia flexuosa L.

dog caper; bay-leaved caper, baylea, baylea capertree, bayleaf caper; bayleaf capertree (Bahamas); black willow p.p., bloody bones, bloody head capertree, bottle wiss (Tortola); bottle-cod root (Jamaica); caper (Bahamas); caper tree (Puerto Rico); caper-tree (Bahamas); dogcaper, dogwillow, false teeth (USA); limber caper, limber tree (Puerto Rico); rat's bane, rat's gore, raw bones, raw head, white willow

câprier souple; bois caca (Haiti); bois malouge (Guadeloupe); bois moutarde, bois rave (Haiti); bois-couleuvre, mabouge; mabouya (Trinidad and Tobago)

burro (Puerto Rico); cansa caballo (Venezuela); frijol de monte, huevo de perra, huevo de perro (Dominican Republic); jos (Mexico); limpia diente (Ecuador); mostacilla (Cuba); mostarzo, mostazo (Dominican Republic); naranjuelo (Colombia); palinguán, palo barba de Indio; palo de burro (Puerto Rico); pan y agua (Venezuela); paniagua (Colombia); potal (Guatemala); sebastián (Ecuador)

bwa kaka, bwa moutad (creole, Haiti); thíuth (huasteco, Mexico)

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Latin name	Capparis flexuosa (L.) L.
Family	Capparidaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama; USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) South America (tropics)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage	E
Ecology	xer sili?
Use	dr fd fw ma
Synonym	Capparis cynophallophora L. 1759 non sp.pl. 1753 Capparis didymobotrys Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Capparis didymobotrys Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.López Capparis eucalyptifolia Haught. Capparis flexuosa L. Capparis guayaquilensis Kunth Capparis hastata L. non Jacq. Capparis laevigata Mart. Capparis lanceolata Ruiz & Pav. ex DC. Capparis lanceolata Ruiz & Pav. ex E.A.López Capparis longifolia Sw. Capparis mollis Kunth Capparis polyantha Triana & Planch. Capparis saligna Vahl Capparis sinclairii Benth. Capparis pauciflora Kunth Morisonia flexuosa L.
English name	dog caper; bay-leaved caper, baylea, baylea capertree, bayleaf caper; bayleaf capertree (Bahamas); black willow p.p., bloody bones, bloody head capertree, bottle wiss (Tortola); bottle-cod root (Jamaica); caper (Bahamas); caper tree (Puerto Rico); caper-tree (Bahamas); dogcaper, dogwillow, false teeth (USA); limber caper, limber tree (Puerto Rico); rat's bane, rat's gore, raw bones, raw head, white willow
French name	câprier souple; bois caca (Haiti); bois malouge (Guadeloupe); bois moutarde, bois rave (Haiti); bois-couleuvre, mabouge; mabouya (Trinidad and Tobago)
Spanish name	burro (Puerto Rico); cansa caballo (Venezuela); frijol de monte, huevo de perra, huevo de perro (Dominican Republic); jos (Mexico); limpia diente (Ecuador); mostacilla (Cuba); mostarzo, mostazo (Dominican Republic); naranjuelo (Colombia); palinguán, palo barba de Indio; palo de burro (Puerto Rico); pan y agua (Venezuela); paniagua (Colombia); potal (Guatemala); sebastián (Ecuador)
Other name	bwa kaka, bwa moutad (creole, Haiti); thíuth (huasteco, Mexico)
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