Casearia ovata
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- January-August
How to identify Casearia ovata
Identify Casearia ovata 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: Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Flacourtiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Casearia ovata.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Casearia ovata
- Genus
- Casearia
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Ovate (egg-shaped, broad at base)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Casearia ovata 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 ovata
Casearia ovata is a tree in the Flacourtiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka and 18 other states. It grows in evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to August.
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Casearia ovata belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
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