IUCN Status
: Least Concern
Author: Plants of Rajasthan
- Australian pine, Junglisaru, Whistling pine
- Casuarinaceae
- University of Rajasthan, Jaipur & Gulab bagh, Udaipur
- Cultivated
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It 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. [Source: Wikipedia]
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Casuarina equisetifolia -
Casuarina equisetifolia- Leaves
The leaves reduced to scale-like teeth 0.3–0.5 mm (0.01–0.02 in) long, arranged in whorls of 7 or 8 (occasionally 6) around the branchlets. -
Casuarina equisetifolia- Fruit
The fruit is an oval woody structure 10–24 mm long and 9–13 mm in diameter when mature, superficially resembling a conifer cone made up of numerous carpels.
