Family – Capparaceae (=Capparidaceae). 5 genera in Sri Lanka
- CAPPARACEAE (=CAPPARIDACEAE)
47.01. CADABA Forssk.
C.fruticosa (L.) Druce [Cadaba indica Lam.] T:vili
C.trifoliata (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. T:maya’adikkuruntu, oothi-perali
47.02. CAPPARIS L.
C.brevispina DC. S:wal-dehi
C.divaricata Lam. S:torikei
C.floribunda Wight
C.grandis L.f. T:mudkondai
C.moonii Wight S:rudanti
C.rotundifolia Rottler [Capparis pedunculosa Wall, ex Wight & Arn.] [Capparis pedunculosa var. longispina (Hook. f. & Thoms.) Trimen] T.karunchurai, pichchuvilatti
C.roxburghii DC. S.kalu-illan-gedi T:punai-virandi, velungiriya
C.sepiaria L. [Capparis sepiaria var. retusella (Thw.) Thw.] T:karunchurai
C.tenera Dalz.
C.zeylanica L. [ Capparis horrida L. f.] S:sudu-welangiriya, welangiriya T:kattoddi,vennachchi
47.03. CLEOME L.
C.aspera Koenig ex DC.
C.chelidonii L. f. S:wal-aba
C.gynandra L. [Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC] S:wela T:tayirvalai
C.monophylla L.
C.rutidosperma DC. [Cleome burmanii Wight & Arn.]
C.tenella L, f.
C.viscosa L. S:wal-aba, ran-manissa
47.04. CRATEVA L.
C.adansonii DC. subsp. odora (Buch.-Ham.) Jacobs [Crateva roxburghii sensu Wight & Arn. non R. Br.] S:lunu-warana T:navala, navilankai
47.05. MAERUA Forssk.
M.arenaria Hook. f. & Thorns.
Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda. Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA
