Compilation
Capparis rudatisii

Thorny, scrambling shrub up to 4 m. tall, often climbing over other shrubs and trees; branches rather zigzag, fulvous-pubescent at least when young; bark green or greenish-black; spines sometimes absent on the young branches. Leaf-lamina 2.2–6.0 x 0.7–2.2 cm., coriaceous, narrowly oblong to elliptic-oblong, rounded or subacute and often emarginate at the apex, broadly cuneate or rounded at the base, sparsely pubescent especially near the midrib or glabrescent; petiole up to 6 mm. long, pubescent or glabrescent. Flowers in aphyllous racemes borne terminally on side branches or in the upper leaf-axils, or the lower flowers in the axils of reduced leaves; pedicels up to 8 mm. long, densely fulvous-pubescent. Sepals 4–6 mm. long, broadly elliptic to rotund, concave, rounded at the apex, densely fulvous-pilose outside. Petals whitish, 5–8 x 2–3.5 mm., obovate-oblong to elliptic, rounded at the apex, villous outside and towards the base inside. Stamens c. 8 on filaments up to 1.0 cm. long. Gynophore c. 1 cm. long; ovary ovoid, narrowing into a short conical style; stigma minutely capitate, not wider than the style. Ripe fruit not known.