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Botanical Name
Capparis spinosa
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The caper bush is a spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region, grown for its flower buds, which are pickled as capers, and for its fruit. Wikipedia also calls it the Flinders rose. Cunningham calls it feminine, with Venus and water, and gives potency, lust and love as its powers. He says capers eaten cure impotence and that the plant is used in love and lust formulae. His folk names are Fakouha, Lasafa and Shafallah. Wikipedia warns that gathering wild capers needs care, because a few similar Capparis species are poisonous. The warning is about identification and is not a caution about capers themselves. Cunningham is the only source for the magical use.

Caution

Wikipedia warns that wild harvesting needs care to avoid a few poisonous Capparis species that look similar.

References

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Correspondences

Elements
Water
Celestial Bodies
Venus
Zodiac Signs
No zodiac signs recorded.
Colours
No colours recorded.
Deities
No deities recorded.

Folk Names

  • Fakouha
  • Lasafa
  • Shafallah

Categories

  • Love
  • Lust
  • Sex

Substitutes

No substitutes recorded.

Forms

Bud

Cunningham has capers eaten, and used in love and lust formulae.

References

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References

Notes

  1. Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Caper".
  2. Wikipedia, under "Caper."
  3. Cunningham, Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical, under "Caper".

Bibliography

  • Cunningham, Scott. Cunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs. 2nd ed. Woodbury, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 2012. (EPUB.)13
  • Wikipedia, under "Caper." Accessed October 23, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caper&oldid=1378670969. Open the Source (opens in a new tab)2