✿Celastraceae · Cassine
Motha Bhutya / Panicled Cassine
Cassine paniculata
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering
- April-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cassine paniculata
- Genus
- Cassine
- Family
- Celastraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Shola, evergreen, deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Karnataka
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- Glossy ovalrecorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Motha Bhutya itself; the rest are typical of the Celastraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Celastraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- തന്നീമരമ് Thannimaram
- Marathi
- मोठा भुत्या Motha Bhutya
About Motha Bhutya
A member of the Celastraceae family, Panicled Cassine (Cassine paniculata) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka. It grows in shola, evergreen, deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Botanical family
Celastraceae
Staff-Tree Family
Motha Bhutya belongs to the Celastraceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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