Scientific Name :
Casuarina equisetifolia L.
Synonym :
Casuarina africana Lour.
Casuarina indica Pers
Common Name : She oak, Junglisaru, Sura
Plant Family : Casurinaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : August to November
Flower Colour :
Description : Height: Upto 30 m
Stem: Branchlets green and drooping, canopy conical appearance, bark brown, peeling off in vertical stripes
Leaves: Reduced to scale like, arranged in whorls of 6 to 8
Flowers: Monoecious, Male flowers terminal and female flowers below on the same spike, male flower borne in the axil of bract, 2 bracteoles, stamen 1, female flower borne in the axil of bract, 2 bracteoles, bicarpellary ovary, ovules 2
Inflorescence: Spike
Fruits: Nut winged, elongated, woody brown, 2 to 3 cm long
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : TL
Distribution Range : Myanmar to Australia
Uses : Bark is astringent used in treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery
