Abstract
Casearia sylvestris is a plant species of great economic and pharmacological interest, as it has proved to be antiulcerogenic, antiinflammatory, antiofidic, cytotoxic to tumor cells, among others. For this species, two morphoanatomic varieties are accepted: C. sylvestris var. sylvestris and C. sylvestris var. lingua. These varieties, besides having different morphological characteristics,…