Capparis spinosa – The Plant on the Wall

Faran, Mina

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9276-9_5

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“…It has a high agricultural potential since it presents a great variety of uses [3,4]. These include highlighting food (for its flower buds and immature fruits, which are usually pickled in brine [1,5]), in the pharmaceutical industry to prevent, among other things, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal diseases [6][7][8][9], and in xero-gardening and landscaping for its ornamental value [2,10], its resistance to drought, and its ability to reduce soil erosion [3,11].…”

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The Imbibition, Viability, and Germination of Caper Seeds (Capparisspinosa L.) in the First Year of Storage

Foschi

Juan

Pascual

et al. 2022

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The caper is a shrub that adapts to harsh environments when it is established, but it presents serious difficulties in its propagation, both by cuttings and by seeds. Its seeds have low germination percentages, and germination is a very slow process. Significant increases in germination have been obtained with scarification and with the addition of gibberellic acid (GA3) to the substrate, leading to the hypothesis that they have possible physical and physiological dormancy. However, the only way to examine the water-impermeability of the cover is through imbibition analysis. This study analyzes the imbibition, viability, and germination of two seed lots, obtained in different years and evaluated immediately after their collection (FS) and after being stored (7 °C) for one month (DS) and one year (SS). The seed moisture content stabilizes from the fourth day, exceeding in all cases 31% in all three seed states tested (FS, DS and SS). This allows the germination of all viable seeds, only with the addition of GA3 to the germination substrate, without the need for scarification, so that caper seeds exclusively appear to present a physiological latency. Germination decreased in storage, even with just one month. With the GA3 addition, high germination values were obtained (up to 95% in FS).

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The Imbibition, Viability, and Germination of Caper Seeds (Capparisspinosa L.) in the First Year of Storage

Foschi

Juan

Pascual

et al. 2022

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“…The people of Israel produced wine from flower buds, and one of the uses of this wine was for preparing incense for the Temple [ 187 ].…”

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Edible Halophytes and Halo-Tolerant Species in Apulia Region (Southeastern Italy): Biogeography, Traditional Food Use and Potential Sustainable Crops

Accogli

Tomaselli

Direnzo

et al. 2023

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The Mediterranean basin is rich in wild edible species which have been used for food and medicinal purposes by humans throughout the centuries. Many of these species can be found near coastal areas and usually grow under saline conditions, while others can adapt in various harsh conditions including high salinity. Many of these species have a long history of gathering from the wild as a source of food. The aim of this contribution is an overview on the most important halophyte species (Salicornia sp. pl., Arthrocaulon macrostachyum (Moric.) Piirainen & G. Kadereit, Soda inermis Fourr., Cakile maritima Scop., Crithmum maritimum L., Reichardia picroides (L.) Roth., Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke subsp. tenoreana (Colla) Soldano & F. Conti, Allium commutatum Guss., Beta vulgaris L. subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang., Capparis spinosa L.) that traditionally have been gathered by rural communities in southern Italy, with special interest on their ecology and distribution, traditional uses, medicinal properties, marketing and early attempts of cultivation. It is worth noting that these species have an attractive new cash crop for marsh marginal lands.

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“…The species grows mainly in arid and semi-arid environments in tropical regions, and thus can be used to combat desertification and soil erosion ( Sakcali, Bahadir & Ozturk, 2008 ). It is also considered an important plant both economically and medicinally, and has been used in Chinese, Ayurvedic, Siddha, and Unani medicine from many centuries ( Faran, 2014 ). For instance, its root bark has analgesic, anthihaemorrhoidal, depurative, anthelmintic, and tonic properties, and has been used to treat gastrointestinal infections ( Faran, 2014 ).…”

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Impacts of climate change on Capparis spinosa L. based on ecological niche modeling

Ashraf

Chaudhry

Ahmad

et al. 2018

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Recent changes in climate are transforming the situation of life on Earth, including impacting the conservation status of many plant and animal species. This study aims to evaluate potential impacts of climate change on a medicinal plant that is known to be heat-tolerant, Capparis spinosa L. We used ecological niche modeling to estimate current and future potential distributions for the species, considering two emissions scenarios and five climate models for two time periods (2050 and 2070). The results in terms of areal coverage at different suitability levels in the future were closely similar to its present-day distribution; indeed, only minor differences existed in highly suitable area, with increases of only 0.2–0.3% in suitable area for 2050 and 2070 under representative concentration pathway 4.5. Given that climate-mediated range shifts in the species are expected to be minor, conservation attention to this species can focus on minimizing local effects of anthropogenic activity.

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Capparis spinosa – The Plant on the Wall

Cited by 7 publications

References 6 publications

The Imbibition, Viability, and Germination of Caper Seeds (Capparisspinosa L.) in the First Year of Storage

The Imbibition, Viability, and Germination of Caper Seeds (Capparisspinosa L.) in the First Year of Storage

Edible Halophytes and Halo-Tolerant Species in Apulia Region (Southeastern Italy): Biogeography, Traditional Food Use and Potential Sustainable Crops

Impacts of climate change on Capparis spinosa L. based on ecological niche modeling

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