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Ghasoori PRODUCT NAME

Capparis brevispina DC. =Capparis zeylanica Wall. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Ghasoori
Local Name: Ghasoori (Irula + Kurumba); Tamil-Adondai, Kattukkonchi.
Family: Capparaceae
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Product Description: Armed straggler Flower: Solitary, cream, upper petals have a yellow blotch at the base within. Fruit: A berry, ellipsoid, beaked. Seeds reniform, many
NTFP Classification: Feed, fodder and fuelwood

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Description: Plains, scrub jungle, rocky strata, wayside canopy. Distributed along Peninsular India

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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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