IJRAP International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 2277-4343 Moksha Publishing House DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.100224 KARIRA__ampersandsignnbsp;(Capparis decidua__ampersandsignnbsp;Edgew.) AS FOOD AND MEDICINE:__ampersandsignnbsp;A COMPREHENSIVE CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW Dipti * Kumar Savan Jaiswal Mohanlal 11 -0001 1 6 Ayurveda__ampersandsignnbsp;involves natural healing process and it is gaining importance now a days. Today more emphasis is given on medicinal plants in this globalized world. A number of medicinal plants are available and one amongst them is__ampersandsignnbsp;kar?ra__ampersandsignnbsp;or__ampersandsignnbsp;Capparis decidua__ampersandsignnbsp;Edgew., order Capparidaceae. It has been a source of food and medicine from ancient times. Present study aimed to find out the various nutritive and therapeutic applications of this important plant as per ancient__ampersandsignnbsp;Ayurveda__ampersandsignnbsp;scholars. The term__ampersandsignnbsp;kar?raand its related synonyms were searched in various ancient Sanskrit and__ampersandsignnbsp;Ayurveda__ampersandsignnbsp;literatures, a review has been done in chronological order and then analysis and discussion has been done regarding its nutritive and therapeutic values. Study revealed out that its fruit have high nutritive value and has been mentioned in various diseased conditions. Though numbers of pharmacological studies have already been reported on this medicinal plant and it__ampersandsignrsquo;s used as a food in preparing pickles is very common but practically it__ampersandsignrsquo;s used as a medicine in treatment is still limited. So, there is plenty of scope of advance scientific research regarding its ancient therapeutic application. kar?ra Capparis decidua food medicine nutritive value