Mechanism of cryptovivipary in wild caper bush (Capparis sepiaria L.) Capparaceae

Cryptovivipary is the process in which seeds germinate inside the fruit but the seedling or plumule comes out when the fruit detaches from the mother plant. This dataset highlights the details of the mechanism of cryptovivipary in wild caper bush. In addition, an updated classification of viviparous plants is provided to better describe and understand this trait.

Methods
After studying several populations of C. sepiaria from different localities, we concluded that the wild caper bush shows a very peculiar germination mechanism i.e. cryptoviviparous type. All the stages of cryptovivipary were observed and photographed using a Vivo 21e camera. The mechanism was drafted as per the day-wise stages of germinating seeds. Plant specimens were collected and processed for herbarium preparation by standard methodology (Jain & Rao 1977).