Casearia is a plant genus in the family Salicaceae. The genus
was included in the Flacourtiaceae under the Cronquist system of
angiosperm classification, and earlier in the Samydaceae. Recent
research indicates that the latter group might be reinstated as
a valid family. They are sometimes employed as honey plants,
notably C. decandra and C. sylvestris. The latter species is
occasionally used as food by the caterpillars of the Two-barred
Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator). Several species are becoming
rare due to deforestation. Some appear close to extinction, and
C. quinduensis of Colombia and C. tinifolia from Mauritius seem
to be extinct since some time in the 20th entury and about 1976,
respectively. A synopsis of Casearia Jacq. (Samydeae -
Salicaceae) in West and Central Africa with a description of a
new species from Eastern Congo (Kinshasa) Jan 01, 2008; Summary.
Sleumer's (1971) revision of Casearia (formerly Flacourtiaceae,
now Salicaceae) is reviewed to correct the... Inhibition of
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