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Morphology and Histology of sahacara - Casearia esculanta Roxb.

sahacara :

sahacara  : Casearia esculenta Roxb.


Morphology:

A green tree or shrub growing up to 6-8 m tall  .
Leaves
The leaf blade has an elliptical to a elliptical shape. Measures 6-10.5 cm long and 2-4.5 cm wide, it is corrugated on the edge or almost wholly, has a wedge-shaped base and a sharp top. The petiole is bare and grows up to 7-12 mm in length 
flowers
They are gathered in bunches , develop in the corners of the shoots. They have 5 divisions of the cup with an elliptical shape and growing up to 2 mm in length. The flowers have 8 stamens .
Fruits
They have an ellipsoidal shape and reach 2.5 cm in diameter

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