Family: Casuarinaceae
Plant: A shrub or small tree up to 15m high.
Flowers: The male and female flowers are normally on separate plants. The male flowers are tiny, reddish-brown and in terminal spikes 2cm long. The female flowers are in ovoid heads on short lateral branchlets, their red styles are obvious.
Flowering: May-June.
Fruit: Cone, cylindrical with flattened apex, 1.5-2cm diameter and 1-3cm long.
Leaves: Leaves reduced to 6-8 leaf-teeth. The branchlets are 0.7-1mm diameter and up to 20cm long.
Habitat: Common in dry heathland and dry sclerophyll forest on poor sandy soils and often on rocky ground.
Features: 6-8 leaf teeth. Flattened apex on cone. Small diameter stems.
Name:
Allocasuarina
From Greek allos = different plus the Malay word Kasuari referring to the leaves that suggest the drooping feathers of the Cassowary.
littoralis From Latin littoralis = of the sea shore or by water (referring to its habitat).
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Type |
Shrub, Tree |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular,Cluster, Spike |
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Colour(s) |
Red, Rust |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
5, 6 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Cone |
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Colour |
Brown, Black |
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Other Features |
Woody, Hard |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Leaves |
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Reduced/Absent |
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Type |
- |
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Shape |
- |
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Length |
Tiny |
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Margins |
- |
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Attachment |
- |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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