1 "Plants scrambling shrubs with a pair of stipular thorns at the base of each leaf" Capparis 1 "Plants trees or, if shrubs, without thorns" 2 2 "Calyx circumscissile, the top falling off as a ""lid""; fruit prominently ribbed" "Thilachium {Thilachium thomasii}" 2 "Calyx not circumscissile, the lobes persistent" 3 3 "Receptacle more or less tubular" Maerua 3 "Receptacle not elongated, often shallowly cup-shaped" 4 4 "Fertile stamens borne more or less directly on the receptacle" Boscia 4 "Fertile stamens borne on a distinct androphore" Cadaba