Talk:Caper

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There should be a disambiguous page, as a caper is also a type of literary genre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.51.76.96 (talk) 03:15, 2 February 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone dismabiguate "calminative" here? I.e. what is it? --Mothperson 02:41, 6 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This article refers to "glucocapparin", which wiki redirects as "unknown" and wiki asks: Did you mean: glucoraphanin? 68.11.146.54 (talk) 22:07, 4 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Glucocapparin is a different chemical compound than glucoraphanin, but it is a related glucosinolate. -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:26, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hey guys, my login to german wikipedia isn't working for the english WP ? Anyway, there's a good article about the caper in german wikipedia providing a bit more information [1] on the matter. I'd like to translate some of that to expand this version, but someone would have to read it after that to ensure a decent style - my english has its source primarily in Southpark and Lord of the Rings, what sometimes leads to weird results ;-) 84.56.37.153 22:01, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be glad to edit your additions (Auf deutsch lese und schreibe ich wie ein amerikanischer Student).--Curtis Clark 22:49, 27 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What is 'mar disease'? A search for it in the database and on the web turned up no results. Perhaps it's a typo? if not, please clarify. Also, can you cite references to it being good for said disease? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.27.27.244 (talk) 04:12, 14 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Capparis spinosa is alive and growing well in the arid hills of Ladakh up to 3500m or 11,500feet above sea level. The winters go down to -20C at night on a regular basis; the caper bushes die back to the ground and sprout from the ground every spring. They have incredibly deep roots. I would like to amend the information on the page to say this but it is my primary knowledge; I don't have a source to cite. I think Oxford's Flowers of the Himalayas would corroborate this but I don't have a copy to hand.

I've been picking and pickling capers in Ladakh every spring for 6 years and have no doubt on the plant's identity. The plant, leaves, flowers, buds, thorns and berries looks just like photos on this page and elsewhere online, and the pickled buds and berries taste like commercial capers I have purchased from Europe. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BeckyLadakh (talk • contribs) 07:32, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Take a look at this example – it's really not encyclopedic language but more a botanical text or university essay language style - would someone consider making the prose of this article accessible, put it in active voice, with brackets indicating meaning e.g.? And no, filling it with links would not improve things for a reader who deserves to get information from the first approach—

"The seed of the genus Capparis is bitegmic. The testa is 0.2–0.3 mm thick, with all its cell walls somewhat lignified, some of them with distinct thickening; its tegmen consists of an outer fibrous, lignified layer four to ten cells thick, with a lignified endotegmen composed of contiguous cuboid cells, with strongly thickened radial walls. Only the mesophyll between exo- and endotegmen is unlignified. Caper seed germination shows a dependence on the integrity of the covering structures."

Just sayin' – happy to transcribe whole article if it means I wouldn't get hammered Manytexts (talk) 06:27, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it's a copyright violation (more below). Sminthopsis84 (talk) 15:00, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Prior content in this article duplicated one or more previously published sources. The material was copied from: http://books.google.ca/books?id=2I9wAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=The+seed+of+the+genus+Capparis+is+bitegmic.+The+testa+is+0.2–0.3+mm+thick,+with+all+its+cell+walls+somewhat+lignified&source=bl&ots=lLPwTbXemP&sig=pqpPlzsXgVWrqjOAP0guvr81ZcU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rGokU522NsWfqwGdr4GYAg&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22The%20seed%20of%20the%20genus%20Capparis%22&f=false. Copied or closely paraphrased material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a compatible license. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 15:04, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It may be that levels of consumption vary considerably, but I would hardly call a full ounce of capers a typical serving. The jar that I have indicates a serving size of one teaspoonful (one-sixth ounce, about 4-5 grams), or 6% of the DV for sodium, which seems more reasonable. Richard K. Carson (talk) 00:23, 31 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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There is a Hebrew page, it should be linked in the languages section: https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%D7%9C%D7%A3_(%D7%A6%D7%9E%D7%97). Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielbu (talk • contribs) 09:31, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It's connected to the page on the genus Capparis. Graham87 (talk) 15:58, 7 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe the genus Capparis page should be merged with this one, then... Danielbu (talk) 08:16, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]