How to identify Casearia elliptica
Identify Casearia elliptica by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-August.
- Confirm it sits within the Flacourtiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Casearia elliptica.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Casearia elliptica
- Genus
- Casearia
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests and forest plantations
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia to Australia
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Elliptic (widest at middle)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Casearia elliptica itself; the rest are typical of the Flacourtiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Typical of the Flacourtiaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Casearia elliptica
Casearia elliptica belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. It grows in moist deciduous forests and forest plantations. Flowering and fruiting run from February to August.
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Casearia elliptica belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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