Comparison of Pericarp Functional Traits in from Coastal and Inland Mediterranean Habitats.

The caper ( L.) is a winter deciduous, perennial plant that grows and completes its life cycle entirely during the dry season in the Mediterranean region. Mature caper fruits and their pericarp, collected from the wild shrubs of the grown in the inland and coastal sites of Greece during summer, have been studied in order to improve and complete our knowledge of the successful establishment of the in Mediterranean ecosystems.