Casearia gladiiformis

Taxobox
name = Sword-leaf


image_caption = Pressed leaves showing asymmetry
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Salicaceae
familia_authority = Mirb.
genus = "Casearia"
species = "C. gladiiformis"
binomial = "Casearia gladiiformis"
binomial_authority = Mast.

"Casearia gladiiformis", the sword-leaf, is a small tree that occurs mostly in dry coastal forests of south-eastern Africa. It is distributed from the Eastern Cape to Malawi. It bears small inconspicuous flowers in spring. The seeds are released when the woody seed capsule splits open after drying out.

References

* Trees of Southern Africa, K C Palgrave, 1984 ISBN 0 86977 081 0