Casearia sp. C

Molino, Jean-François, Sabatier, Daniel, Grenand, Pierre, Engel, Julien, Frame, Dawn, Delprete, Piero G., Fleury, Marie, Odonne, Guillaume, Davy, Damien, Lucas, Eve J. & Martin, Claire A., 2022, An annotated checklist of the tree species of French Guiana, including vernacular nomenclature, Adansonia (3) 44 (26), pp. 345-903 : 676

[1544] Casearia sp. C

NOTES. — This species, represented at CAY by specimens formerly identified as Casearia acuminata DC. , differs from the latter in: 1) habit (trees vs treelets/shrubs of 5 cm dbh maximum in C. acuminata ), 2) leaf pilosity (hairs on midvein on abaxial side vs glabrous), 3) leaf colour and size (brownish when dried and relatively large vs yellowish and smaller), 4) fruit pilosity (very short white hairs on the lower half of fruit vs glabrous except for a few long hairs at apex), 5) fruit colour (dull black vs shiny reddish).

HERBARIUM DATA (FG). — 6 collections at CAY. Sel. exs.: D. Sabatier & M.-F. Prévost 4064.

INVENTORY DATA (FG). — 4 trees in 4 plots; Fmax <1 %; dbhinv = 22.3 cm.