Taxon: Casearia sylvestris Sw.

Summary

Genus:

Casearia

Family:

Salicaceae

Nomen number:

430530

Place of publication:

Fl. ind. occid. 2:752. 1798

Verified:

02/04/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581.
Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998-. Flora de la República de Cuba
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Kovalsyki, B. et al. 2019. Avaliação de espécies arbóreas para composição de cortinas de segurança contra incêndios florestais. Nativa 7:197-203. DOI: 10.31413/nativa.v7i2.6270.
Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Personal Care Products Council. International Nomenclature Cosmetic Ingredient
Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
Spichiger, R., ed. 1985-. Flora del Paraguay.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	wild sage	1	Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Spanish	sombra de conejo	2	Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Spanish	sombre de armada	2	Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave	McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Alagoas	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amapá	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Amazonas	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Bahia	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Distrito Federal	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Maranhão	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Mato Grosso	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraíba	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraná	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pernambuco	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Piauí	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rondônia	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Roraima	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Santa Catarina	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cayman Islands		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Dominican Republic		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Grenada		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Guadeloupe		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Haiti		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Jamaica		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Martinique		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Kitts and Nevis	Saint Kitts	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	St. Vincent and Grenadines		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Puerto Rico	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	United States	Virgin Islands, U.S.	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Virgin Islands (British)	Tortola	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize		Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina		Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Alto Paraguay	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Amambay	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Caazapá	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Canindeyú	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Central	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Concepción	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Cordillera	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Guairá	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Itapúa	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Misiones	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Ñeembucú	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Paraguarí	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	Presidente Hayes	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay	San Pedro	Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Uruguay		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia		Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador		Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru		Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis [Saint Kitts], Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola]
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil [Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay [Alto Paraguay, Amambay, Caazapá, Canindeyú, Central, Concepción, Cordillera, Guairá, Itapúa, Misiones, Ñeembucú, Paraguarí, Presidente Hayes, San Pedro], Uruguay

Reference(s)

Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
McVaugh, R. 1983-. Flora Novo-Galiciana.
Sleumer, H. O. 1980. Flacourtiaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 22:390-402.
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	firebreak	potential	Kovalsyki, B. et al. 2019. Avaliação de espécies arbóreas para composição de cortinas de segurança contra incêndios florestais. Nativa 7:197-203. DOI: 10.31413/nativa.v7i2.6270.
Medicines	folklore		Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Vertebrate poisons	mammals		Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=430530. Accessed 22 October 2026.