Casearia guianensis (Aubl.) Urb.

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Family: Flacourtiaceae
Name: Casearia guianensis (Aublet) Urban
Vernacular: Paysee
Locality: Grenada, St. Patrick, Madey's Estate, Madey's Estate,
approx. 1 km SE of Sauteurs on the road towards
Grenville.
12°13'N, 61°38' W
Alt. (m): 20
Notes: Medium-sized tree to 12 m height.
Leaves: papery thickness, but slightly rubbery in texture;
upper surface - midrib yellow, flat at base, prominent
towards apex; lower surface - dotted translucent in lines.
Flowers greenish with 5 tepals.
Unripe fruits green, fleshy to half of radius with 3
carpels.
Twigs strong and used for harpooning river fish.
Covered in ants. Riverside.
(RHS colour code: Leaf upper =147A, below=146A)
Collector: Hawthorne, W. D. & Hughes, C. E.
Number:	211
Date:	25 November 1999
Distrib:	FHO
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DAUBENY HERBARIUM (FHO)
University of Oxford
Flora of Grenada
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