Linn.
Family: Capparidaceae.
Habitat: Dry regions of the country, also planted as a hedge plant.
English: Indian Caper.
Ayurvedic: Himsraa, Gridhnakhi, Duh-pragharshaa, Kaakdaani, Kabara, Kanthaari.
Siddha/Tamil: Karunjurai.
Family: Cappariadaceae.
Habitat: Native to the Mediterranean region. Distributed in North-west India, Rajasthan, and Peninsular India.
English: Caper Bush.
Ayurvedic: Himsraa, Kaakdaani, Kabara.
Unani: Kabar.
Action: Anti-inflammatory, deob- struent to liver and spleen, diuretic, anthelmintic, vasoconstrictive. Bark—given in splenic, renal and hepatic complaints. Juice of leaves and fruits—anticystic, bactericidal and fungicidal. Dried flower buds— used in scurvy.
Plant gave glucosinolates—glucoi- berin, glucocapparin, sinigrin, gluco- cleomin and glucocapangatin. Rutin has also been reported from plant. The root bark, cortex and leaves gave stachydrine. Stachydrine, when given to dogs, rabbits and rats, quickened the coagulation of blood and reduced loss of blood.
Roth.
Synonym: C. decidua Edgew.
Family: Capparidaceae.
Habitat: Rajasthan, Punjab and Sindh; southward to Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
English: Caper Berry.
Ayurvedic: Karira, Krakar, Apatra, Granthila, Marubhoo-ruuha, Niguudhapatra, Karila.
Unani: Kabar, Kabar-ul-Hind, Kabar-e-Hindi; Tenti.
Siddha/Tamil: Chhengan.
Folk: Tenti.
Action: Anti-inflammatory (used for enlarged cervical glands, sciatica, rheumatoid arthritis; externally on swellings, skin eruptions, ringworm). Fruits and seeds—used for urinary purulent discharges and dysentery. Flowers and seeds— antimicrobial. The fruit is used as a pickle.
The root bark contains spermidine alkaloids, used for inflammations, asthma and gout.Activity of the seed volatiles against vibro cholerae has been recorded.Aqueous extract of the plant exhibits anthelmintic activity; seeds contain antibacterial principles—glucocapparin; isothiocynate aglycone of glucocap- parin.The blanched fruits, when fed to rats at 10% dietary fibre level, showed a significant hypocholesterolaemic effect, which is attributed to its hemicel- lose content.Pickled fruits are use for destroying intestinal worms.
Dosage: Leaf, root—50-125 mg (CCRAS.)
Folk: Hains, Kanthaar.
Action: Antiseptic, antipyretic. Used for eczema and scabies.
Leaves contain taraxasterol, alpha- and beta-amyrin and beta-sitosterol, erythrodiol and betulin.
Dosage: Root—5-10 g powder. (CCRAS.)... capparis aphylla
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