Casearia tomentosa, the toothed leaf chilla, is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae, native to the Indian Subcontinent and Myanmar.[1][2] It is a small tree whose fruit is used as a fish poison.[2]

Casearia tomentosa
Flowers
Leaves
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Salicaceae
Genus:	Casearia
Species:	C. tomentosa
Binomial name
Casearia tomentosa Roxb.
Synonyms[1]
Guidonia tomentosa (Roxb.) Kurz

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted:[1]

• Casearia tomentosa subsp. reducta Verdc. – Sri Lanka
• Casearia tomentosa subsp. tomentosa – rest of range

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