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.
Botanical family
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Casearia elliptica belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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