Capparis decidua (Forsk) Edgew (Capparidaceae) is one of the common shrubs of arid plains of Pakis tan [1], It is used medicinally in the Indo-Pakistan sub-continent region, in Eastern Africa and in West Indies as plaster for boils and swellings, to relieve toothache and as antidote to the poison. The bark is acrid and lexative. diaphoretic, anthelmintic and use ful for cough, asthma and infl...