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Each value Trefle shows for Capparis tomentosa, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record5 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Lam.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Encycl. 1: 606 (1785)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1785	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	African caper	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Trop. & S. Africa, Mauritius, Arabian Pen.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	empty	1000 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 351	Not on the record
Biological type	empty	phanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Fruit shape	empty	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	450 cm	450 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 60, 351	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 351	Not on the record

Capparis tomentosa Lam., 1785 10% complete

African caper

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