Caper
The caper (Capparis spinosa), is a perennial winter-deciduous species that bears rounded, fleshy leaves and big white to pinkish-white flowers. A caper is also the pickled bud of this plant. Caper bush is present in almost all the countries and is included in the floristic composition of most of them but whether it is indigenous to this region is uncertain. Although the flora of the Mediterranean region has considerable endemism, the caper bush could have originated in the tropics, and later been naturalized to the Mediterranean basin.
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| Species: | C. spinosa
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| Capparis spinosa Linnaeus, 1753
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Caper Media
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Caper bush, Shio-mgvime, Georgia
Caper flower in Behbahan
Thorny caper flower in Palestine
The ripe, burst-open fruit of a caper (Capparis cartilaginea) shrub on the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt (exact location unknown). The fruit has burst open, showing the black seeds and yellow fruit flesh. The height of the fruit was approximately 7 centimeters.
Flowering caper plant, soon to yield caper berries
Pickled capers in Georgia This image was created by Whitebox, and is licensed under the following license
A ripe caper fruit (caper berry)
pickled caper fruits
Salted capers
Caper leaves, pickled or boiled, can be used as an addition to salads.
