Salicaceae
Casearia

Casearia hirsuta Sw.

First published in Fl. Ind. Occid. 2: 755 (1800)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical America. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit
An unarmed shrub, the young branches velvety brownish-pubescent; leaves narrowly obovate to oblong-elliptic or elliptic, 5–12 cm long, the apex blunt to very shortly acuminate, the margins distantly and minutely glandular-denticulate, the tissue with numerous pellucid dots but scarcely any lines, finely puberulous on the upper side, beneath velvety brownish-pubescent; stipules linear-lanceolate, 3 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers in axillary clusters or at leafless nodes, greenish-white, fragrant; pedicels 4–6 mm long, spreading or bristly puberulous; calyx 4–5 mm long, hairy like the pedicel
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 8 or 10; staminodes hairy
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit ovoid, 10–15 in diameter, green or yellow-green, 3-angled; seeds oblong-conical, 2.5–3 mm long, minutely pitted.
Distribution
Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac. Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and northern S. America.
Ecology
In rocky thickets and woodlands. This is sometimes called wild coffee.
[Cayman]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Caribbean. Elevation range: 0–900 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Bolívar, Magdalena.
Habit
Shrub, Small tree.
[UPFC]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 900 m.; Llanura del Caribe.
Morphology General Habit
Arbusto, arbolito
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0