Salicaceae
Casearia

Casearia zizyphoides Kunth

First published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 5: 362 (1823)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Trinidad-Tobago, Colombia to Brazil (Roraima). It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil North, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Molino, J.-F., Sabatier, D., Grenand, P., Engel, J., Frame, D., Delprete, P.G., Fleury, M., Odonne, G., Davy, D., Lucas, E.J. & Martin, C.A. (2022). An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature. Adansonia, sér. 3, 44: 345-903.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • 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

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boggan, J. Funck, V. & Kelloff, C. (1997). Checklist of the Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, Franch Guiana) ed. 2: 1-238. University of Guyana, Georgetown.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Castañeda, R.R. (1991). Frutas silvestres de Colombia. Instituto Colombiano de Cultura Hispánica.
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Lindeman, J.C.; Gorts-van Rijn, A.R.A.; Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Hetterscheid-Hollants, A.M.C. [223] Suriname K003582208 Yes
Hopkins [1038] Brazil K001216583 Yes
Ule, E. [7874] Brazil K001216582 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; Lilwah, R.; Raghoenandan, U.P.D.; Scheplits, F.; Vermeer, J. [5607] Guyana K003582201 Yes
Davidse, G.; Gonzalez, A.C. [13050] Venezuela K003582709 No
s.coll. [10520] Spain K003582707 No
Smith, A.C. [3153] Guyana K003582202 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; James, V.; Andrew, R. [5062] Guyana K003582204 Yes
Bernardi, A.L. [7358] Venezuela K003582713 No
Cook, C.D.K. [43] Guyana K003582200 Yes
Huber, O. [1144] Venezuela K003582708 No
Cowan, R.S.; Lindeman, J.C. [39093] Suriname K003582209 Yes
Meier, W.; A. von Schuckmann; Beck, J.; Kindermann, M. [2372] Venezuela K003582710 No
Harris, E.M.; Quigley, M.F.; Hoffman, B.; Gopaul, D.; Phillip, C. [1132] Guyana K003582206 Yes
Sugden, A. [s.n.] Venezuela K003582715 No
Henkel, T.W.; James, R. [3808] Guyana K003582207 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [74638] Venezuela K003582714 No
Gorts van Rijn, A.R.A.; Brandbyge, J.; De Granville, J.J.; Poncy, O.; Sipman, H.J.M.; v. d. Wollenberg, L.J.W. [268] Guyana K003582205 Yes
Miller, O.O. [105] Venezuela K003582711 No
Martin [s.n.] French Guiana K003582210 Yes
Steyermark, J.A. [88199] Venezuela K003582712 No
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Sipman, H.J.M.; James, V. [3044] Guyana K003582203 Yes
Jansen-Jacobs, M.J.; ter Welle, B.J.H.; Gopaul, D.; James, V. [2091] Guyana K003582199 Yes
Smith, A.C. [2449] Guyana K003582198 Yes
McDowell, T.; Gopaul, D.; Singh, P. [2489] Guyana K003582197 Yes

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

  • Colombian resources for Plants made Accessible

    • ColPlantA 2021. Published on the Internet at http://colplanta.org
    • https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

  • 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/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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