Botanical Name:Casuarina equisetifolia
Other Names:coastal she-oak, horsetail she-oak, ironwood, beach sheoak, beach casuarina or whistling tree
Casuarina plants, belonging to the genus, are dioecious trees, except for C. equisetifolia, which is monoecious. These trees feature fissured or scaly greyish-brown to black bark. The branchlets are soft, pendulous, and green, serving as photosynthetic structures. The leaves are reduced to scale-like formations, arranged in whorls of 5 to 20 around the branchlets.
Medicinal Uses:
- Treatment of nervous disorders
- Acne
- Throat infections
- Stomach ulcer
- Constipation
- Cough
- Diabetes
- Diarrhoea
