title: Cassine (plant)
text: # Cassine (plant)
  
  Cassine is a genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae.
  
  ## Description
  
  Cassine species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone).
  
  ## Distribution and habitat
  
  Cassine species are distributed widely throughout the tropics, mainly in Africa.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of June 2014 The Plant List recognises 68 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names):
  
  * Cassine aethiopica Thunb.
  * Cassine albens (Retz.) Kosterm.
  * Cassine albivenosa (Chiov.) Cufod.
  * Cassine anjouanensis (H.Perrier) Lobr.-Callen
  * Cassine aquifolium Fiori
  * Cassine australis (Vent.) Kuntze
     * var. angustifolia (Benth.) Jessup
  * Cassine balae Kosterm.
  * Cassine brachycremastra (Guillaumin) I.H.Müll.
  * Cassine buchananii Loes.
  * Cassine bupleuroides (Guillaumin) I.H.Müll.
  * Cassine burkeana (Sond.) Kuntze
  * Cassine comorensis Loes.
  * Cassine confertiflora (Tul.) Loes.
  * Cassine congylos Kosterm.
  * Cassine crocea (Thunb.) C.Presl
  * Cassine cubensis (Bisse) Borhidi
  * Cassine cunninghamii (Montrouz.) Lobr.-Callen
  * Cassine curtipendula (Endl.) Kuntze
  * Cassine ehrenbergii (Urb.) Alain
  * Cassine elliptica (Decne.) Kuntze
  * Cassine eucleiformis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze
  * Cassine glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze
  * Cassine grossa (Wall. ex Roxb.) Kosterm.
  * Cassine gymnosporiodes (Baker) Kuntze
  * Cassine humbertii (H.Perrier) Lobr.-Callen
  * Cassine kamerunensis (Loes.) Govaerts
  * Cassine kamurensis (Loes.) Govaerts
  * Cassine kedarnathii Sasidh. & Swarupan.
  * Cassine koordersii Kosterm.
  * Cassine lanceolata (Urb. & Ekman) Alain
  * Cassine laneana (A.H.Moore) J.W.Ingram
  * Cassine lippoldii (Bisse) Borhidi
  * Cassine lyciodes (Baker) Kuntze
  * Cassine macrocarpa (Sond.) Kuntze
  * Cassine maritima (Bolus) L.Bolus
  * Cassine matabelica (Loes.) Steedman
  * Cassine megaphylla (Tul.) Kuntze
  * Cassine melanocarpa (F.Muell.) Kuntze
  * Cassine micrantha Loes.
  * Cassine nipensis (Bisse) Borhidi
  * Cassine nitidula (Baker) Kuntze
  * Cassine obiensis Kosterm.
  * Cassine oligantha (Baker) Kuntze
  * Cassine orientalis (Jacq.) Kuntze
  * Cassine paniculata (Wight & Arn.) Lobr.-Callen
  * Cassine papillosa (Hochst.) Kuntze
  * Cassine parvifolia Sond.
  * Cassine pauciflora (Tul.) Loes.
  * Cassine peragua L.
     * subsp. affinis (Sond.) R.H.Archer
     * subsp. barbata (L.) R.H.Archer
  * Cassine pilosa (Baker) Kuntze
  * Cassine pininsularis (Hürl.) I.H.Müll.
     * subsp. poyaensis I.H.Müll.
  * Cassine quadrangulata (Reissek) Kuntze
  * Cassine reticulata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Codd
  * Cassine schinoides (Spreng.) R.H.Archer
  * Cassine schlechteriana Loes.
  * Cassine schweinfurthiana Loes.
  * Cassine tetragona (L.f.) Druce
  * Cassine trachyclada (Baker) Kuntze
  * Cassine transvaalensis (Burtt Davy) Codd
  * Cassine trinitensis (Bisse) Borhidi
  * Cassine vacciniodes (Baker) Kuntze
  * Cassine viburnifolia (Juss.) Ding Hou
  * Cassine vitiensis (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
  * Cassine xylocarpa Vent.
  