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Casearia sylvestris
- Family
- Salicaceae
- Genus
- Casearia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
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- Portuguese
- Guaçatonga, Lingua de Tiú, Língua de Tiú
Synonyms
- Anavinga samyda C.F.Gaertn.
- Casearia affinis Gardner
- Casearia attenuata Rusby
- Casearia benthamiana Miq.
- Casearia caudata Uittien
- Casearia celtidifolia de Vriese
- Casearia chlorophoroidea Rusby
- Casearia ekmanii Sleumer
- Casearia guantanamensis Vict.
- Casearia herbert-smithii Rusby
- Casearia integrifolia Vahl ex DC.
- Casearia lindeniana Urb.
- Casearia onacaensis Rusby
- Casearia ovoidea Sleumer
- Casearia parviflora J.F.Gmel.
- Casearia parviflora Willd.
- Casearia parvifolia var. microcarpa Eggers
- Casearia punctata Spreng.
- Casearia samyda (C.F.Gaertn.) DC.
- Casearia schulziana O.C.Schmidt
- Casearia subsessiliflora Lundell
- Casearia sylvestris subvar. pedicellaris Eichler
- Casearia sylvestris var. angustifolia Uittien
- Casearia sylvestris var. benthamiana (Miq.) Uittien
- Casearia sylvestris var. carpinifolia Briq.
- Casearia sylvestris var. chlorophoroidea (Rusby) Sleumer
- Casearia sylvestris var. eichleri Briq.
- Casearia sylvestris var. martinicensis J.F.Macbride ex L.O.Williams
- Casearia sylvestris var. paraensis Uittien
- Casearia sylvestris var. platyphylla DC.
- Casearia sylvestris var. tomentella Rusby
- Casearia sylvestris var. wydleri Briq.
- Chaetocrater capitatus Ruiz & Pav.
- Crateria capitata Pers.
- Guidonia sylvestris (Sw.) M.Gómez
- Guidonia sylvestris var. platyphylla (DC.) M.Gómez
- Samyda parviflora Poir.
- Samyda sylvestris (Sw.) Poir.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
Photo: Tarciso Leão from Saint Paul, MN, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vítor Sanchez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mauricio Garcia Rosa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mateusbotanica2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Mateusbotanica2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samary Flores Sánchez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mateusbotanica2020, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.