Capparis arborea is a bush or small tree occurring in eastern Australia.

It is distributed from the Hunter River, New South Wales to Cape Melville in tropical Queensland.

Capparis arborea is a host plant for the caper white (Belenois java), which migrate across the eastern seaboard in large numbers in the summer.

It also feeds the chalky white (Elodina parthia) Capparis arborea grows up to 8 metres tall with a stem diameter of 25 cm, but is usually seen much smaller.

Its small branches are fairly thick and dark grey, though more green at the end.