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Capparis shanesiana F.Muell.

Species

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Characteristics

Tree to 10 m high, hairy with simple, erect hairs. Thorns curved, 3–4 mm long or absent. Leaves elliptic to ovate, obtuse, 6.5–12 cm long, 2–4 cm wide; base acute; midrib slightly sunken towards base; veins 5–7 pairs; petiole 5–20 mm long, densely hairy beneath. Flowers solitary in upper leaf axils or in terminal subumbels. Sepals 14–22 mm long, the outer pair puberulous, ribbed; inner pair glabrous or hairy in median region. Petals 20–40 mm long, hairy at base. Stamens c. 90. Gynophore 4.7–9 cm long; ovary ovoid, c. 5 mm long, glabrous or densely hairy. Fruit globose, umbonate, c. 5 cm diam.; pericarp wrinkled. Seeds not known.
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A small spreading shrub. It grows 1-3 m high and 1-4 m wide. The bark is pale grey, hard and deeply cracked. It is a neat shrub with a rounded, dense, green crown. The young shoots have long yellow hairs. The stems have thorns which curve backwards. The leaves are 6-10 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. They are sword shaped, thick and leathery. They are hairy underneath. The flowers are 7-8 cm across. They are white with pink stamens. The fruit is a berry 4-5 cm across. It is round and wrinkled. The fruit pulp is edible.
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Mature height (meter) 5.5 - 6.5
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A tropical plant. It grows in inland areas of central Queensland. It grows in open savannah type woodland.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
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Distribution

Capparis shanesiana world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146772-1
WFO ID wfo-0000585128
COL ID QRZJ
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Synonyms

Busbeckea shanesiana Capparis shanesiana
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