{{stub}}[[File:Cadaba fruiticosa112.JPG|thumb|right]]'''Cadaba farinosa''', '''Cleome fruiticosa''', is a slender, evergreen woody plant. It grows up to 5 metres tall. It has a strongly furrowed stem, rarely straight, with a yellowish grey bark. A food preparation made using the leaves of this plant is sold in local markets. The plant also has medicinal uses and is planted for soil stabilization. Also known as capper bush, it is regarded as the sacred tree of the Dwapara Yuga<ref name="Sacred Plants"/>.
The preliminary phytochemical screening of Cadaba fruticosa showed the presence of plant components such as carbohydrates, tannin, flavonoids, quinines, cardiac glycosides, terpenoids.<ref name="chemical composition"/>
<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10603/226155/5/chapter4.pdf Chemical constituents]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag pdf, Page no - 89</ref><ref name="morphologyCommon names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/c/cadaba-fruticosa Common names]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cadaba+farinosa Cultivation]</ref><ref name="CultivationSacred Plants"]>Sacred Plants of India, Nanditha Krisna & M Amirthalingam, Penguin books, 2014</ref>
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==External Links==
* [ https://www.feedipedia.org/node/174 Cadaba fruticosa on feedipedia.org]* [ https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Cadaba_farinosa_(PROTA) Cadaba fruticosa on plantnet-project.org]* [ ]