Cassine (plant)
# Cassine (plant)

Cassine is a genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae.

## Description

Cassine species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone).

## Distribution and habitat

Cassine species are distributed widely throughout the tropics, mainly in Africa.

## Species

As of June 2014 The Plant List recognises 68 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names):

* Cassine aethiopica Thunb.
* Cassine albens (Retz.) Kosterm.
* Cassine albivenosa (Chiov.) Cufod.
* Cassine anjouanensis (H.Perrier) Lobr.-Callen
* Cassine aquifolium Fiori
* Cassine australis (Vent.) Kuntze
   * var. angustifolia (Benth.) Jessup
* Cassine balae Kosterm.
* Cassine brachycremastra (Guillaumin) I.H.Müll.
* Cassine buchananii Loes.
* Cassine bupleuroides (Guillaumin) I.H.Müll.
* Cassine burkeana (Sond.) Kuntze
* Cassine comorensis Loes.
* Cassine confertiflora (Tul.) Loes.
* Cassine congylos Kosterm.
* Cassine crocea (Thunb.) C.Presl
* Cassine cubensis (Bisse) Borhidi
* Cassine cunninghamii (Montrouz.) Lobr.-Callen
* Cassine curtipendula (Endl.) Kuntze
* Cassine ehrenbergii (Urb.) Alain
* Cassine elliptica (Decne.) Kuntze
* Cassine eucleiformis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Kuntze
* Cassine glauca (Rottb.) Kuntze
* Cassine grossa (Wall. ex Roxb.) Kosterm.
* Cassine gymnosporiodes (Baker) Kuntze
* Cassine humbertii (H.Perrier) Lobr.-Callen
* Cassine kamerunensis (Loes.) Govaerts
* Cassine kamurensis (Loes.) Govaerts
* Cassine kedarnathii Sasidh. & Swarupan.
* Cassine koordersii Kosterm.
* Cassine lanceolata (Urb. & Ekman) Alain
* Cassine laneana (A.H.Moore) J.W.Ingram
* Cassine lippoldii (Bisse) Borhidi
* Cassine lyciodes (Baker) Kuntze
* Cassine macrocarpa (Sond.) Kuntze
* Cassine maritima (Bolus) L.Bolus
* Cassine matabelica (Loes.) Steedman
* Cassine megaphylla (Tul.) Kuntze
* Cassine melanocarpa (F.Muell.) Kuntze
* Cassine micrantha Loes.
* Cassine nipensis (Bisse) Borhidi
* Cassine nitidula (Baker) Kuntze
* Cassine obiensis Kosterm.
* Cassine oligantha (Baker) Kuntze
* Cassine orientalis (Jacq.) Kuntze
* Cassine paniculata (Wight & Arn.) Lobr.-Callen
* Cassine papillosa (Hochst.) Kuntze
* Cassine parvifolia Sond.
* Cassine pauciflora (Tul.) Loes.
* Cassine peragua L.
   * subsp. affinis (Sond.) R.H.Archer
   * subsp. barbata (L.) R.H.Archer
* Cassine pilosa (Baker) Kuntze
* Cassine pininsularis (Hürl.) I.H.Müll.
   * subsp. poyaensis I.H.Müll.
* Cassine quadrangulata (Reissek) Kuntze
* Cassine reticulata (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Codd
* Cassine schinoides (Spreng.) R.H.Archer
* Cassine schlechteriana Loes.
* Cassine schweinfurthiana Loes.
* Cassine tetragona (L.f.) Druce
* Cassine trachyclada (Baker) Kuntze
* Cassine transvaalensis (Burtt Davy) Codd
* Cassine trinitensis (Bisse) Borhidi
* Cassine vacciniodes (Baker) Kuntze
* Cassine viburnifolia (Juss.) Ding Hou
* Cassine vitiensis (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm.
* Cassine xylocarpa Vent.
