General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 2 to 4 feet (.6-1.2m)
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 feet (1.2-1.8m)
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Malodorus
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Nocturnal
Flower Color: White
Yellow
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Miscellaneous: Endangered: Habitat loss, Hawaii
Conservation status: Vulnerable (VU)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Image
Common names
  • Hawaiian Caper Bush
  • Maiapilo
  • Pua Pilo
  • Pilo
  • Puapili
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Capparis spinosa subsp. cordifolia
  • Synonym: Capparis cordifolia
  • Synonym: Capparis sandwichiana
  • Synonym: Capparis mariana

Photo Gallery
Location: Keahole Airport, Kona, Hawai'i Island
Date: 3/2013
Full bloom, early in the morning.
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Keahole Airport, Kona, Hawai'i Island
Date: 3/2013
Flowering plant.
Location: Keahole Airport, Kona, Hawai'i Island
Date: 3/2013
Flowering plant in early morning,  Flowers open at night.
Location: Keahole Airport, Kona, Hawai'i Island
Date: 3/2013
Fruiting plant.
Location: Keahole Airport, Kona, Hawai'i Island
Date: 3/2013
Hawaiian Caper plant.

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