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Casuarina glauca Sieber

She-oak; Gray sheoak; ironwood; horsetail tree; beefwood; forest oak (AU)

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English She-oak; Gray sheoak; ironwood; horsetail tree; beefwood; forest oak (AU);
Other names agoho (PH); ma wei shu (CN); kasuari (ID, MY); noko-noko (FJ); son-pradiphat (TH); cemara gunung, adjaob (ID); ru (MY);

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Indomalesia
States and Territories Australia (Yeppoon, Queensland, S to Bermagui, New South Wales); Taiwan [I]; China [I]; tropical Africa [I]; New Caledonia [I]; Fiji [I]; Lord Howe Isl. [I]; Norfolk Isl. [I]; Phoenix Isl. [I] (Kanton [I]); Bahamas [I]; Honduras [c]; Hispaniola [I]; Hawaii [I] (Midway Isl. [I], Oahu [I], Lanai [I], West Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); India [I]; Venezuela [I]; Bolivia [c]; USA [I] (Florida [I]); Morocco [c]; New Zealand [I]
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Fagales
Family Casuarinaceae
Genus Casuarina
Species glauca
Author citation Sieber
Scientific name Casuarina glauca Sieber

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/cascaseq.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Heartwood with color stripes
Color heartwood braun/rot

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 850.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, mean value 900.00 kg/m3
Density, oven dry u =12%, upper limit 970.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

She-oak; Gray sheoak; ironwood; horsetail tree; beefwood; forest oak (AU)

Casuarina glauca , ©Dennis Wilson

Bark

She-oak; Gray sheoak; ironwood; horsetail tree; beefwood; forest oak (AU)

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

She-oak; Gray sheoak; ironwood; horsetail tree; beefwood; forest oak (AU)

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

She-oak; Gray sheoak; ironwood; horsetail tree; beefwood; forest oak (AU)

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson