''Cassine'' is a genus of trees, of the plant family
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 97 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...
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Description
''Cassine'' species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone).[
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Distribution and habitat
''Cassine'' species are distributed widely throughout the tropics, mainly in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
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Species
''The Plant List
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* '' Cassine aethiopica''
* '' Cassine albens''
* '' Cassine albivenosa''
* '' Cassine anjouanensis''
* '' Cassine aquifolium''
* '' Cassine australis''
** var. ''angustifolia''
* '' Cassine balae''
* '' Cassine brachycremastra''
* '' Cassine buchananii''
* '' Cassine bupleuroides''
* '' Cassine burkeana''
* '' Cassine comorensis''
* '' Cassine confertiflora''
* '' Cassine congylos''
* '' Cassine crocea''
* '' Cassine cubensis''
* '' Cassine cunninghamii''
* '' Cassine curtipendula''
* '' Cassine ehrenbergii''
* '' Cassine elliptica''
* '' Cassine eucleiformis''
* '' Cassine glauca''
* '' Cassine grossa''
* '' Cassine gymnosporiodes''
* '' Cassine humbertii''
* '' Cassine kamerunensis''
* '' Cassine kamurensis''
* '' Cassine kedarnathii''
* '' Cassine koordersii''
* '' Cassine lanceolata''
* '']Cassine laneana
''Cassine laneana'', commonly known as the Bermuda olivewood, is a species of large tree in the staff vine family, Celastraceae, that is endemic to the islands of Bermuda. Although once found in the extensive subtropical coniferous forests that ...
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* '' Cassine lippoldii''
* '' Cassine lyciodes''
* '' Cassine macrocarpa''
* '' Cassine maritima''
* '' Cassine matabelica''
* '' Cassine megaphylla''
* '' Cassine melanocarpa''
* '' Cassine micrantha''
* '' Cassine nipensis''
* '' Cassine nitidula''
* '' Cassine obiensis''
* '' Cassine oligantha''
* ''Cassine orientalis
''Cassine orientalis'', known locally as bois d'olive, is a tall canopy tree endemic to the Mascarene islands of Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritiu ...
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* '' Cassine paniculata''
* ''Cassine papillosa Cassine may refer to:
* Cassine, Piedmont, town and commune of the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont
* Cassine (plant)
''Cassine'' is a genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae.
Description
''Cassine'' species grow ...
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* '' Cassine parvifolia''
* '' Cassine pauciflora''
* '' Cassine peragua''
** subsp. ''affinis''
** subsp. ''barbata''
* '' Cassine pilosa''
* '' Cassine pininsularis''
** subsp. ''poyaensis''
* '' Cassine quadrangulata''
* '' Cassine reticulata''
* '' Cassine schinoides''
* '' Cassine schlechteriana''
* '' Cassine schweinfurthiana''
* '' Cassine tetragona''
* '' Cassine trachyclada''
* '' Cassine transvaalensis''
* '' Cassine trinitensis''
* '' Cassine vacciniodes''
* '' Cassine viburnifolia''
* '' Cassine vitiensis''
* '' Cassine xylocarpa''
References
Celastrales genera
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