Salicaceae
Guyanese wild coffee
Casearia guianensis
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Casearia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Guyanese wild coffee
Synonyms
- Athenaea guianensis (Aubl.) J.F.Gmel.
- Casearia fallax Miq.
- Casearia ramiflora Vahl
- Guidonia ramiflora (Vahl) M.Gómez
- Guidonia ramiflora var. spinosa M.Gómez
- Iroucana guianensis Aubl.
- Samyda iroucana Rich.
- Samyda octandra Sessé & Moc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: MNHN - Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, SM - 2009, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: British Museum - Natural History Museum's Biodiversity Informatics Group., CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.