Casuarina oligodon
Casuarinaceae FAMILY

Casuarina oligodon

Casuarina oligodon

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Casuarina oligodon is an evergreen tree growing up to 30 metres tall[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. Its leaves have been reduced in size and are like minute scales arranged in whorls[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The tree is considered to produce one of the best fire woods in the world and it is often cultivated for this purpose[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. It has been used traditionally in the highlands of Papua New Guinea for a long time, and is likely to have been spread by transfer of seedlings over long distances[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. It is planted as a shade tree in commercial and small holder plantations, and has shown promise in trials carried out in Israel[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeAustralasia - Papua New Guinea.
HabitatForms extensive pure stands along river beds and on ridge tops at elevations up to 2,500 metres[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].