Capparis sinaica with the local name ‘Capper bush’ is a spiny shrub is well known in Egypt growing in wades and oases of Eastern and Western desert and in Sinai. Its bushes can rich high above 1,5 meters and often can see on the rocky slops of the wades. Its large beautiful white flowers are very noticeable only at early morning hours. With sunrise, its color changed to the light pink and at the sun set petals are fall down. When the fruit is ripe, it changes its color from green to red. When seeds become mature, the fruits opened to give way to ants go inside. The jelly inside the fruits attracts the ants. The seeds cling to the ant’s body and find its way out to bring the new growth in the favored habitats.
Uses: Small flowering buds and fruits (capers) are pickled and used in cooking adding a distinctive sour/salty flavor to many savory dishes. The Bedouins eat the red fruits raw. Different parts of the plants used by local people in the traditional medicine.