Caper Bush Facts
The caper bush grows in the wild and surprisingly, has a tendency to grow on old walls or cliffs. It also grows in the crevices of rocks and on broken rock fragments at the base cliffs or mountain shoulders.
Caper shrubs are also found on hills up to about 1000 meters above sea level. The caper is grown commercially and the caper bud collection is made during the bloom season from June to September. Every caper bush produces 500 to 3000 gm of caper buds.
The leaves of the caper bush are finely hairy and fleshy consistently. The flowers are single, have a long stalk and look attractive. The corolla and calyx of the plant are tetramers, and are composed of four sepals green in color and four petals which are white. The androecium is made up of multiple stamens which are purplish red in color and have very long filaments.
The caper fruit or the caper berry (caper berries) is oblongish and green in color. They resemble a spindle shape, and rest on a peduncle. The caper fruit is fleshy and the flesh is more pinkish in color. The caper berries contain many black or yellow seeds which are between 1-2 mm in size. The bark of the caper bush was considered to have high medicinal value.