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Cassine peragua L.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Cassine

Characteristics

Evergreen shrub or tree, up to 15 m high. Branchlets subangular, becoming terete. Bark with layers of yellow pigment revealed when exposed. Leaves opposite, leathery, dark green above, paler below; lamina elliptic to obovate, 20-45(-75) x 10-30(-40) mm, apex rounded to emarginate, base cuneate, margins glandular-crenate; petioles 4-8 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, 10-20-flowered cymes; peduncle ± 10 mm long. Flowers 4-or 5-merous, whitish. Sepals ovate, 1.5 x 1.0 mm. Petals oblong, ± 2.5 x 1.5 mm. Stamens arising from disc. Ovary 2(3)-locular. Fruit baccate, spherical, ± 10 mm in diam., brown to purplish when ripe.
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A small tree. It grows 2-5 m tall. It can be taller. The leaves are tough, round and leathery. They are usually dark green. The flowers are in small bunches. They have a strong scent. The fruit are berries that are green and darken to black or purple.
Shrub or tree, up to 10 m high. Bark with yellow pigment. Leaves opposite, elliptic, 20-45 x 15-40, venation conspicuous on both surfaces. Inflorescence small. Fruit a berry, brown. Flowers white.
Shrublet or tree to 15 m, bark often with yellow pigments. Leaves opposite, elliptic to orbicular, venation conspicuous beneath. Flowers cream-coloured. Berries brown to purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 12.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil texture 3-4
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Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits
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Images

Cassine peragua unspecified picture

Distribution

Cassine peragua world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Cassine peragua threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160101-1
WFO ID wfo-0000589499
COL ID RN4Y
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cassine capensis Elaeodendron ilicifolium Cassine colpoon Cassine kraussiana Cassine peragua Cassine serratifolia Cassine sphaerocarpa Elaeodendron kraussianum Euonymus colpoon Cassine kraussiana Cassine paragua Cassine kraussiana Maurocenia phylliraea

Lower taxons

Cassine peragua subsp. affinis Cassine peragua subsp. barbara
WorldFloraDB 2024