Capparis spinosa L. subsp. spinosa

Spice Detail In the field

Family: CAPPARACEAE

Genus: Capparis

Catalan common name: Taparera. Trapera.

Spanish common name: Alcaparrera. Alcaparro. Tapanera. Taparera.

Province distribution: Balearic Islands. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): East Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Edible or foodstuffs. Medicinal.

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Cultivated species. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Spontaneous, cultivated specie and sometimes naturalizated.

Characteristics: A plant that is well known its edible parts (capers) and for its large white flowers of white petals with many stamens that open in the summer. Can be distinguished from subspecies rupestris, mainly by its spiny stipules, with a more visable and spiny leaf mucro.