page_title: Capparis decidua
section_title: Tree characteristics
hierarchical_section_title: Capparis decidua / Tree characteristics
caption_attribution_description: English: Kairan (or Doran) ji Bhaaji
context_page_description: Capparis decidua, known in Hindi as karira or kerda, is a useful plant in its marginal habitat. Its spicy fruits are used for preparing vegetables, curry and fine pickles and can attract helpful insectivores; the plant also is used in folk medicine and herbalism. It can be used in landscape gardening, afforestation and reforestation in semidesert and desert areas; it provides assistance against soil erosion.
context_section_description: It is a small much branched tree or shrub of arid regions in Africa, Middle East and southern Asia, including the Thar desert. It bears a mass of slender, leafless branches, the small caducous leaves being found only on young shoots. It rarely exceeds a height of 5 meters (16.4 feet).
  Khair city in Uttar Pradesh, India is famous for Kair trees.
  The new flush of leaves appears in November–January. Red conspicuous flowers appear in March to April and August–September and ripe by May and October. The pink fleshy berries are readily eaten by birds. It coppices well and produces root suckers freely. It is extremely drought-resistant and tolerates some frost.
caption: Vegetable dish known as Kairan (or Doran) ji Bhaaji prepared in Tharparkar, Sindh
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