Cassine is a genus of trees in the flowering plant family Celastraceae.
Description Cassine species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone).
Distribution Cassine species are native to southern and southeastern Africa, Madagascar, the Indian Subcontinent, Indochina, and Java.
Species Plants of the World Online accepts 11 species.
Cassine albens Cassine balae Cassine burkeana Cassine congylos Cassine grossa Cassine kedarnathii Cassine koordersii Cassine micrantha Cassine obiensis Cassine parvifolia Cassine peragua
Formerly placed here Elaeodendron australe (as Cassine australis ) Elaeodendron glaucum (as Cassine glauca ) Elaeodendron laneanum (as Cassine laneana ) Elaeodendron orientale (as Cassine orientalis ) Elaeodendron viburnifolium (as Cassine viburnifolia )
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