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Capparis Decidua, also known as Kair or Ker, is a xerophytic plant that belongs to the Capparidacae family (1). Kair is found in a number of dry desert regions in the tropical east and north Africa, Sinai, Palestine, Arabia, Iran Pakistan, and Northwest India.

Taxonomy
Kingdom:	Plantae

Phylum:	Eudicot Angiosperms

Clade:	Rosids

Order:	Brassicales

Family:	Capparaceae

Genus: Capparis

Species:	C. decidua

Description
This perennial plant is extremely successful at thriving in difficult environments. Ker only requires low rainfall, shallow soils, and dry, hot temperatures to be successful.

Kair is a spiny, twiggy shrub or small tree (sometimes up to 7m height) with stem bark that is smooth and green when young and greys as aging progresses. Inflorescences are lateral and terminal bundles of pink, scarlet red or, rarely, creamish white flowers about 2.3 cm in length.

It's deep taproot allows it to reach water in layers far beneath the surface,

Etymology
Capparis is a latin word which means “caper” which is a category of plants. In latin, Decidua means “falling off” which refers to the lack of leaves that are present on the kair.

Uses
Natives to desert regions are able to fully use the Kair tree for all of its resources, from the bark to the berries. 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. Capparis decidua can be used in landscape gardening, afforestation and reforestation in semi desert and desert areas; it provides assistance against soil erosion

In addition to sheltering animals during hot summer days, the Kair tree also provides wood for infrastructure in desert villages. One of its more significant abilities is forecasting the weather, which is salient information for the inhabitants of those villages. Kair will fully bloom with flowers and fruits if there are drought and high temperatures, whereas in the case of a good monsoon, it bears only average flowers and fruits.