Capparis aegyptia, Egyptian caper,
צלף מצרי
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| | Scientific name: |
| Capparis aegyptia Lam. |
| Common name: |
| Egyptian caper |
| Hebrew name: |
| צלף מצרי |
| Family: |
| Capparaceae, צלפיים |
Date Picture Taken: April 3, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Shrub |
| Leaves: |
| alternate, one leaf per node |
| Flowers: |
| White |
| Flowering Period: |
| January, February, March, April, May, June, July |
| Habitat: |
| Heavy soils |
| Distribution: |
| Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts |
| Chorotype: |
| Irano-Turanian - Saharo-Arabian |
| Summer shedding: |
| Perenating |
Date Picture Taken: October 26, 2007
Derivation of the botanical name:
Capparis (latin), borrowed from Greek kapparis [κάππαρις], whose origin is unknown but probably West or Central Asia (Alkabara, kabar). Another theory links kapparis to the name of the island Cyprus (Kypros [Κύπρος]), where capers grow abundantly. Arabic kafara, to be hairy, villous.
aegyptia, Egyptian.
- The standard author abbreviation Lam. is used to indicate Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829), a French botanist.
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