bay-leaved caper
Cynophalla flexuosa
Morisonia flexuosa, the bay-leaved caper, is a 2–4 meter high shrub.
Morisonia flexuosa flowers from early summer to mid summer. The flowers are white to pink, the thin petals are 1.5 cm long. The fruits are green and cylindrical, up to 15 cm long and contain numerous white seeds which are displayed when the ripe fruits splits open. The pulp is bright pink.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 348394.