JAMAICAN CAPER

Capparis cynophallophora

15 to 18 feet

Slow rate of growth

Full sun to partial shade

Excellent salt and drought tolerance

Cold sensitive

Zones 10 to 11

Densely-branched, large shrub or small tree with

evergreen, glossy, leathery leaves and a columnar form;

spectacular, fragrant, orchid-like flowers in spring and

long seedpods in late summer.

Attracts wildlife.

http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=2034

http://regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Cappcyno

Jamaica Caper (in bloom) pruned up into a small tree with coontie underneath. (South West Cape Coral, FL)