Cassine (genus)
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Cassine is a genus of plants fromthe spindle tree family (Celastraceae).
description
Cassins are bare trees or shrubs. The leaves are opposite, rarely nearly opposite, at the edges they are entire or glandular-notched.
The inflorescence is axillary and sympodial . The flowers are bisexual, rarely unisexual and four to five-fold, the disc is fleshy and lobed or whole. The dust bag (rarely away from him) open along the center of the flower out of the ovary is two to dreifächrig, each compartment there are two upright ovules .
The fruit is a spherical, fleshy or leathery berry , each with one to two (rarely up to six) seeds . The seeds are spherical or elliptical and rich in protein.
distribution
The genus is endemic to South Africa , where it is found in forests, woodlands , the fynbos and bushland.
Systematics
The genus has also been grouped with other genera, such as B. with Elaeodendron . However, more recent studies have confirmed their independence. It includes three types, including:
proof
- MP Simmons: Celastraceae. In: Klaus Kubitzki (Ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. 2004, pp. 29-64
