Red Olive-Berry

(Elaeodendron australe)

Description

Cassine is a genus of trees, of the plant family Celastraceae. Cassine species grow as shrubs or small trees. The flowers are bisexual. The fruits have a pit (stone). Cassine species are distributed widely throughout the tropics, mainly in Africa.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum:

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order:Celastrales

Family:Celastraceae

Genus:Elaeodendron

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