Maerua oblongifolia

Maerua oblongifolia (Forsk.) A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 32 1847. (syn: Capparis heteroclita Roxb.; Capparis heterogenea Roxb. ex Steud.; Capparis oblongifolia Forsk.; Crateva oblongifolia Spreng.; Maerua angustifolia A.Rich.; Maerua arenaria (DC.) Hook.fil. & Thoms.; Maerua arenaria var. glabra Hook.fil. & Thoms.; Maerua arenaria var. scabra Hook.fil. & Thoms.; Maerua dasyura Gilg & Gilg-Ben.; Maerua oblongifolia A.Rich.; Maerua oblongifolia var. glabra (Hook.fil. & Thoms.) N.C.Nair; Maerua oblongifolia var. scabra (Hook.fil. & Thoms.) N.C.Nair; Maerua ovalifolia (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.; Maerua rogeonii A.Chev.; Maerua scabra (Endl. ex Walp.) Cambess.; Maerua scebelensis Chiov.; Maerua virgata Gilg; Niebuhria arenaria DC.; Niebuhria oblongifolia DC.; Streblocarpus angustifolia (A.Rich.) Endl.; Streblocarpus oblongifolia (Forsk.) Endl.; Streblocarpus ovalifolia Endl. ex Walp.; Streblocarpus scabra Endl. ex Walp.);

Egypt (SE-Egypt), Saudi Arabia (Hejaz), Yemen (Aden Desert, Tihama, W-Yemen), Oman, Pakistan (Sind, Waziristan, Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi), India (widespread), Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, ?Niger, Nigeria, N-Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, NE-D.R.Congo (Zaire), Benin as per Catalogue of Life;

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[EfloraofIndia_010212PD02_Maerua oblongifolia_Flora of Odisha]:  sharing the images of one of the extremely rare plant from my region, Maerua oblongifolia taken from Ranpur, Nayagarh, Odisha

Name: Maerua oblongifolia (Forsk) A. Rich

Family: Capparaceae

Habit: Woody liana/woody climbing shrub

Habitat: Wild in scrub/thorny forests in the foot hills of dry deciduous hill forests

Place of collection: Ranpur, Nayagarh, Odisha

Ecological importance: Fruits are favorite diet for Giant squirrels. It is highly drought and high temperature resistant. Only two individuals are reported during the survey.

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capparaceae- cleomaceae week 04092013 :  Attachments (1).  5 posts by 4 authors.

Maeurea oblongifolia, … sending images of the same

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Capparaceae and Cleomaceae Fortnight:: Maerua oblongifolia SMP 16 : 2 images. 3 posts by 3 authors.

Maerua oblongifolia

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Very good photographs …

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Identification please. ID No-019 :  Attachments (5). 2 posts by 2 authors.

Place-Challakarae

Capparis for identification :: 190314MK :: March 007 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6).

Maerua arenaria Hook. f. & Thomson, (= Maerua ovalifolia Cambess),

climbing shrub from Manmad area of Nashik Dt, Maharashtra

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Ihad posted picture as M.Oblongifolia from nandgaon last year are the two different ?

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THANK YOU SIR FOR POSTING  SUCH PHOTOS.
HOW CAN WE DIFFERENTIATE IT FROM M. OBLINGIFOLIA ?

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Need id assistance of JNU campus plant 170415SP1-4 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)

I need id assistance of following 4 images belonging to Capparaceous taxon
Date:17/04/15
Locality: JNU New Campus

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Maerua sp. (oblongifolia) ?

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efi page on Capparis oblongifolia (syn: Maerua oblongifolia)

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Maerua will not contain spines. It will be a species of Capparis only.

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Species is Maerua oblongifolia (Forssk.) A.Rich.
Reasons:
Looking like large shrub,
Sepals 4, fused forming a tube,
Only two species of Maerua in India M. apetala & M. oblongifolia,
M. oblongofolia because petals are present, small greenish-yellow,

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Yes It is Maerua oblongifolia Syn. Maerua cylindrocarpa. It is very common in E.ghats

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Images by tspkumar

TSP-DEC2015-43-216: Images of Maerua oblongifolia (Capparaceae) : 2 posts by 1 author. Attachments (6)

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great. for sake of completeness you might want to take one good shot of front and another of back of the leaves. i love that you spotted the gree bug. i have no idea of its name, do you know?

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I don’t know. But our brains can give a unique ID for any new species we see new …

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References:

Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Wikipedia  India Biodiversity Portal (Maerua oblongifolia A.Rich.)  Flora of Pakistan (Maerua arenaria (DC.) Hook. f. & Thorns. in Hook.f. with  Maerua ovalifolia Camb., Maerua scabra Camb. & Niebuhria arenaria DC. as syn.)