Casearia rubescens
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering
- February-April
How to identify Casearia rubescens
Identify Casearia rubescens 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Reddish young leaves.
- Confirm leaf shape: Elliptic (widest at middle).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka.
- Confirm it sits within the Flacourtiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Casearia rubescens.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Casearia rubescens
- Genus
- Casearia
- Family
- Flacourtiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-April
- 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 rubescens 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 rubescens
A member of the Flacourtiaceae family, Casearia rubescens is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from February to April.
Flacourtiaceae
Flacourtia Family
Casearia rubescens belongs to the Flacourtiaceae family.
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