Casuarina equisetifolia subsp. equisetifolia L.

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Fagales > Casuarinaceae > Casuarina > Casuarina equisetifolia

Characteristics

Trees , 7-35 m, not suckering. Bark gray-brown to black, scaly. Branchlets drooping; segments 5-8[-13] × 0.5-0.7[-1] mm, usually densely pubescent at least in furrows, not waxy; longitudinal ridges angular with median rib; teeth not marcescent, (6-)7-8, erect, 0.3-0.8 mm. Young permanent shoots with erect to spreading teeth. Flowers unisexual, staminate and pistillate on same plant. Staminate spikes 0.7-4 cm, 7-11.5 whorls per cm; anthers 0.6-0.8 mm. Infructescences sparsely pubescent [tomentose]; peduncles 3-10 mm; infructescence body 12-24 × 9-11 mm; bracteoles acute. Samaras 6-8 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 7.0 - 35.0
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses erosion control fodder fuelwood ornamental paper recultivation shelter stabilisation of sandy soils tanning wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 18
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Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 35
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Distribution

Casuarina equisetifolia subsp. equisetifolia world distribution map, present in United Arab Emirates, American Samoa, French Southern Territories, Australia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Belize, Brunei Darussalam, China, Cameroon, Cook Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Spain, Fiji, Micronesia (Federated States of), Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guam, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Cambodia, Kiribati, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Maldives, Mexico, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Northern Mariana Islands, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Niue, Nepal, Nauru, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, El Salvador, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Turks and Caicos Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Province of China, United States Minor Outlying Islands, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Viet Nam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:52013-3
WFO ID wfo-0000919447
COL ID 7JGWG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 456846
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Synonyms

Casuarina excelsa Casuarina africana Casuarina brunoniana Casuarina indica Casuarina lateriflora Casuarina littorea Casuarina mertensiana Casuarina repens Casuarina sparsa Casuarina truncata Casuarina litorea var. souderi Casuarina equisetifolia subsp. equisetifolia