Cadaba fruticosa

Cadaba fruticosa is a species of plant in the family Capparaceae.

Cadaba fruticosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Capparaceae
Genus: Cadaba
Species:
C. fruticosa
Binomial name
Cadaba fruticosa
Synonyms

Cleome fruticosa L.

It is endemic on Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Indo-China: Myanmar.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

In Tamil Nadu, Cadaba fruticosa is known as '"vizhuthi"(Tamil: விழுதி (viļuti)) and used in Siddha medicine for more than 2000 years. The juice of the leaves is especially used to cure gonorrhoea (Tamil: வெண்மேகம் (věṇmēkam)).

References
    • The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka (PDF). Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Ministry of Environment. 2012. pp. 1–476.


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