She-Oak
Casuarina equisetifolia
Also known as Casuarine Wood Tree, Casuarina, Beef wood, Mile tree
About She-Oak
Casuarina equisetifolia, commonly known as coastal she-oak, horsetail she-oak, ironwood, beach sheoak, beach casuarina, whistling tree or Australian pine is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is native to Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia and India. It is a small to medium-sized, monoecious tree with scaly or furrowed bark on older specimens, drooping branchlets, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of 7 or 8, the fruit 10–24 mm (0.4–0.9 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 6–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Casuarina equisetifolia
- Genus
- Casuarina
- Family
- CASUARINACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Cultivated in gardens, avenues and social forestry programs as an ornamental tree
- Native to
- Bangladesh, Malaysia, South Asia, Australia
- Distribution
- India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Malay Peninsula, Malay Islands, Australia, Pacific
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- Junglisaru
- Bengali
- Belati-Jhau, বিলাতি ঝাউ
- Telugu
- Saruguda
- Kannada
- ಸುರಿಗಿ ಮರಾ Surigi mara, Kyasurina, ಗಾಳಿಮರ
- Malayalam
- Sampirani, കാറ്റാടിമരം, ചൂളമരം
- Marathi
- सुरू Suru
Casuarinaceae
Sheoak Family
She-Oak belongs to the Casuarinaceae family.
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