Английская Википедия:Capparis decidua

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Capparis decidua, commonly known as karira,[1] is a useful plant in its marginal habitat.

Description

It is a small much-branched tree or shrub. It bears a mass of slender, gray-green leafless branches, the small caducous leaves being found only on young shoots.[2] It rarely exceeds a height of Шаблон:Convert.[3]

The new flush of leaves appears in November–January. Red conspicuous flowers appear in March to April and August–September and ripe by May and October. The pink fleshy berries are readily eaten by birds. It coppices well and produces root suckers freely. It is extremely drought-resistant and tolerates some frost.[3]

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Distribution and habitat

It can be found in arid regions in North Africa, the Middle East,[2] and South Asia, including the Thar desert.

Khair city in Uttar Pradesh, India is famous for Kair trees.Шаблон:Citation needed

Uses

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Vegetable dish known as Kairan (or Doran) ji Bhaaji prepared in Tharparkar, Sindh

The fruit and young buds can be eaten raw.[2]

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.[4]

References

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Sources

  • Шаблон:Aut (1963): Need for afforestation in the arid zones of Khair, India. LA-YAARAN 13.
  • Шаблон:Aut (1977): Handbook on afforestation techniques. Khair, India.
  • Шаблон:Aut (1975): Environmental analysis of the Thar Desert. Dehra Dun.

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  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 Шаблон:Cite book
  3. 3,0 3,1 Burdak, L.R. (1982). Recent Advances in Desert Afforestation- Dissertation submitted to Shri R.N. Kaul, Director, Forestry Research, F.R.I., Dehra Dun. p. 55
  4. Kaul (1963), Ghosh (1977)