Impact of different geographical locations on morphological characteristics of capparis spinosa l (Libya, Tunisia and Morocco)

The caper is of the Capparidaceae family which has been found naturally in the Mediterranean Sea basin. The Capar is shrub that has economic importance and many qualities with many uses. The objective of this study was the evaluation of morphological diversity of (Capparis spinosa L.) among the three countries from Maghreb. The results showed there different level of morphological variation among the caper samples in study sites . In Libya and Morocco were the morphology characteristics of leaves (length and width) nearly similar, however the highest one of leave length and leave width were 43 mm and 37mm respectively had been in Tunisia. On the other hand, in this study showed a perfect different in seeds parameters in Morocco with comparative in other countries which the length was 8.65mm, width was 7.97mm and weight of 1000seeds was 137g. The results indicated the existence different levels of morphological variation in the Capparis spinosa L samples from Mansura in Libya , Ghomrassen in Tunisia and FEZ in Morocco. the morphological characteristics have been impacted by some factors such as geography of location, climate ,soil characteristic and molecular studies.we want to study some of them in these study sites in other time.