Cassine (plant)

Cassine is a genus of trees in the flowering plant family Celastraceae.

Description

Cassine species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone).

Distribution

Cassine species are native to southern and southeastern Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and Java.

Species

Plants of the World Online accepts 11 species.

• Cassine albens
• Cassine balae
• Cassine burkeana
• Cassine congylos
• Cassine grossa
• Cassine kedarnathii
• Cassine koordersii
• Cassine micrantha
• Cassine obiensis
• Cassine parvifolia
• Cassine peragua

Formerly placed here

• Elaeodendron australe (as Cassine australis )
• Elaeodendron glaucum (as Cassine glauca )
• Elaeodendron laneanum (as Cassine laneana )
• Elaeodendron orientale (as Cassine orientalis )
• Elaeodendron viburnifolium (as Cassine viburnifolia )

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