English: Beach sheoak

German: Schachtelhalmblättrige Kasuarine

Mandarin: 木麻黄 (mu ma huang)

Portuguese: Chorão

Kingdom: Plantae (2089)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1996)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (1683)

      Order: Casuarinales (1)

        Family: Casuarinaceae (1) (family description)

          Genus: Casuarina (1)

           Epithet: equisetifolia L. (1)

Synonyms: Casuarina africana Lour., Casuarina brunoniana Miq., Casuarina excelsa Dehnh. ex Miq., Casuarina indica Pers., Casuarina lateriflora Poir., Casuarina littorea Oken, Casuarina mertensiana Rupr. ex Miq., Casuarina repens Hoffmanns., Casuarina truncata Willd.

africana => of African origin

equisetifolia => foliage like a horse tail

excelsa => high, elevated

indica => from or referring in some way to India

littorea => found on the seashore

repens => creeping and rooting

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Check for Casuarina equisetifolia at The Plant List, GBIF or IPNI

• [926] Casuarina equisetifolia - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1688] Casuarina equisetifolia - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.

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