Isomeris arborea #
Members
of the Caper Family are heavily scented herbs or shrubs with alternate leaves
composed of 3 or more leaflets on stalks. The
flowers have 4 sepals, 4 petals, 4 or more stamens of equal length and a
superior ovary. The fruit is a
2-valved capsule often on a slender stalk.
(Dale 89).
There
are about 30 genera and 650 species in warm temperatures and tropical regions.
The capers for our dinner table come from plants of this family.
(Dale 89).
Upper Newport Bay species within the family: