capparis decidua

Capparis decidua, known in Hindi as karira or kerda, is a useful plant in its marginal habitat. Its spicy fruits are used for preparing vegetables, curry and fine pickles and can attract helpful insectivores; the plant also is used in folk medicine and herbalism. It can be used in landscape gardening, afforestation and reforestation in semidesert and desert areas; it provides assistance against soil erosion.

It is a small much branched tree or shrub of arid regions in Africa, Middle East and southern ...