Casearia is a plant genus in the family Salicaceae. The genus was included in the Flacourtiaceae under the Cronquist system of angiosperm classification, and earlier in the Samydaceae.
They are sometimes employed as honey plants, notably C. decandra and C. sylvestris. The latter species is occasionally used as food by the caterpillars of the two-barred flasher (Astraptes fulgerator). Several species are becoming rare due to deforestation. Some appear close to extinction, and C. quinduensis of Colombia and C. tinifolia from Mauritius seem to be extinct since some time in the 20th century and about 1976, respectively.
Selected species
Casearia albicans Casearia arborea Casearia atlantica Casearia barteri Casearia bartlettii Casearia coriifolia Casearia corymbosa Casearia crassinervis Casearia decandra Casearia dodecandra Casearia engleri Casearia flavovirens Casearia flexula Casearia gladiiformis Casearia graveolens Casearia lasiophylla Casearia macrocarpa Casearia mannii Casearia mauritiana Casearia megacarpa Casearia mexiae Casearia nitida Casearia praecox Casearia quinduensis Casearia rupestris Casearia seethalakshmiae Casearia sylvestris Casearia tachirensis Casearia tinifolia Casearia tomentosa Casearia williamsiana Casearia wynadensis Casearia yucatanensis
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