Capparis aphylla(decidua)Capparis aphyll

Presentation on Cultivation of Capparis aphylla : 

Presentation on Cultivation of Capparis aphylla By N.KANAGARAJ BSF-06-007 Forest college,mtp

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Tree and fruit

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Capparis aphylla is commonly known as karir, kair, kirir, karril, etc. It is either a small tree with many branches or a shrub of the Thar desert and other hot and dry regions in southern Asia. It has a lot of thin, leafless branches, the small leaves being found only on young shoots. It rarely grows above a height of 5 meters (15 feet).

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Geographic distribution Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Jordan,Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, SudanBiophysical limitsAltitude range: 300 - 1200 m Mean annual rainfall: 100 - 750 mm Mean annual temperature: 25 - 31ºC Soils: It prefers alkaline, sandy and gravelly soils, thriving on shallow, hard soils and rocky outcrops. Reproductive Biology Flowering occurs at the beginning of the dry season.

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Propagation methodsVegetative propagation is by cuttings or tissue culture. Direct sowing, planting stock and wildings have also been used. Tree ManagementC. aphylla tolerates drought , fire, frost and termites. The trees are suited for coppicing.Germplasm ManagementSeed storage behavior is intermediate.

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cultivation The plants can be grown from seeds, which are sown from April when the climate cools down. A coarse medium such as river sand is ideal and seedlings must be kept moist. It is best to transplant seedlings when they are very young, to avoid disturbance to the established roots. Root cuttings from large plants will also grow

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The new flush of leaves appears in November-January. Red conspicuous flowers appear in March to April and August-September and ripe by May and October. The pink fleshy berries are readily eaten by birds. It coppices well and produces root suckers freely. It is extremely drought-resistant and tolerates some frost

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Functional uses Products Food: Its spicy fruits are used for preparing vegetables, curry and fine pickles and can attract helpful insectivores Fodder: Its browse value is probably its most important asset, despite being low in nutritional value. In Sudan for instance, it is a major source of camel food as it can be eaten when little else is available.

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Fuel: It is used for charcoal and firewood in its native range. Timber: The wood is very hard and used to make water pipes and water troughs. Medicine: The very bitter roots are used in the Indian and Farsi pharmacopoeia and the root bark is used to cure swollen joints. the plant also is used in folk medicine and herbalism. Afforestation Capparis decidua can be used in landscape gardening, afforestation and reforestation in semidesert and desert areas; it provides assistance against soil erosion

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REFERENCES en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capparis_decidua zipcodezoo.com/Plants/C/Capparis_aphylla/ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capparis_aphylla_Bra3.png www.hear.org/gcw/species/capparis_aphylla/