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General Information
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Casuarina is a genus of shrubs and trees in the Family Casuarinaceae,
native to Australia and islands of the Pacific.
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Commonly known as the she-oak (sometimes sheoak), beefwood, or
Australian pine
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The
tree has delicate, slender ultimate branches and leaves that are no more
than scales, making the tree look more like a wispy conifer.
Cultivation
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Requires moist, slightly saline soils. Potential habitats include
shorelines of permanent, ephemeral or relict lakes.
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Under
proper conditions, growth of casuarina seedlings is extremely rapid,
with growth rates of more than 2 m.
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Casuarina has a spreading, fibrous root system that can penetrate quite
deeply into the soil if subsurface moisture is available.
Applications
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Extensively cultivated for fuel, erosion control, and as a windbreak. It
can be trimmed and used as a hedge.
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Reported to be astringent, diuretic, ecbolic, emmenagogue, laxative, and
tonic, beefwood is a remedy for beri-beri, colic, cough, diarrhea,
dysentery, headache, nerves, pimples, sores, sorethroat, stomachache,
swellings, and toothache.
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In
Ternate, the seeds are used for passing blood in diarrhea.
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