Casuarina equisetifolia L.

English: Beach sheoak

German: Schachtelhalmblättrige Kasuarine

Mandarin: 木麻黄 (mu ma huang)

Portuguese: Chorão

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Casuarinales (1)

        Family: Casuarinaceae (1)(family description)

          Genus: Casuarina (1)

            Epithet: equisetifolia L. (1)

Synonyms: Casuarina africana Lour., Casuarina brunoniana Miq., Casuarina excelsa Dehnh. ex Miq., Casuarina indica Pers., Casuarina lateriflora Poir., Casuarina littorea Oken, Casuarina mertensiana Rupr. ex Miq., Casuarina repens Hoffmanns., Casuarina truncata Willd.

africana => of African origin

brunoniana => in honor of Robert Brown (1773-1858), Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist

equisetifolia => foliage like a horse tail

excelsa => high, elevated

indica => from or referring in some way to India

lateriflora => lateral flowers

littorea => found on the seashore

mertensiana => in honor of Karl Heinrich Mertens (1795–1830), German plant collector

repens => creeping and rooting

truncata => truncate, cut off, blunt-ended

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Check for Casuarina equisetifolia at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [926] Casuarina equisetifolia - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1688] Casuarina equisetifolia - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.