Allocasuarina torulosa (Ait.) L.A.S.Johnson

Forest-oak (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Casuarinaceae > Allocasuarina

Characteristics

Usually dioecious tree 5-20 m high. Branchlets drooping, to 14 cm long; articles terete, quadrangular on young growth, 5-6 mm long, 0.4-0.5 mm diam., minutely pubescent in furrows; phyllichnia slightly rounded; teeth 4 or 5, erect, 0.3-0.8 mm long. Male spikes 0.5-3 cm long, 7-12 whorls per cm; anther 0.5-0.6 mm long. Cones shortly cylindrical or barrel-shaped, warty, occasionally densely pubescent, pendent or spreading; peduncle 8-30 mm long; cone body 15-33 mm long, 12-25 mm diam.; bracts inconspicuous; bracteoles acute, protuberance divided into 8-12 small tubercles slightly shorter than or as long as bracteole body. Samara 7-10 mm long, mid to dark brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Coastal eucalyptus forests and on moist fertile soils in hilly eucalyptus forests. Coastal hills and ranges as understorey in open forest to tall open-forest, in a wide range of soils. Found at elevations from sea level to 1,000 metres.
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Coastal eucalyptus forests and on moist fertile soils in hilly eucalyptus forests. Coastal hills and ranges as understorey in open forest to tall open-forest, in a wide range of soils. Found at elevations from sea level to 1,000 metres.
Grows on coastal hills and ranges as understorey in open forest to tall open-forest, in a wide range of soils.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

Uses charcoal fuel material wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Allocasuarina torulosa leaf picture by Mairead Young (cc-by-sa)
Allocasuarina torulosa leaf picture by ian connop (cc-by-sa)
Allocasuarina torulosa leaf picture by aria salan (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Allocasuarina torulosa world distribution map, present in Australia, Brazil, and South Africa

Conservation status

Allocasuarina torulosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:909968-1
WFO ID wfo-0000526490
COL ID BVD4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 632266
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Synonyms

Allocasuarina torulosa Casuarina ericoides Casuarina lugubris Casuarina tenuissima Casuarina torulosa Casuarina torulosa f. gracilior