Tree to 12m high with weeping grey-green branchlets.
Weed Category:
Weed:
No
Form or habit:
Med tree
Family:
Casuarinaceae
Leaf:
Unknown Whorled Leaves are reduced to branchlets 0.7-1mm thick (no true leaves), whorls 6-8, teeth at nodes of branchlets.
Flower conspicuous:
Inconspicuous
Flower colour:
Red
Flower description:
Monoecious, flower colour due to stamens and styles, rusty male flowers terminal on spikes and red female flowers occur on older wood, flowering period April to June but sporadic.
Fruit conspicuous:
Conspicuous
Fruit colour:
Brown
Fruit:
Dry
Fruit description:
Brown cones, 1-2 x 1-1.3cm, subglobose to cylindrical shape from June to January.
Habitat:
Beach scrub, coastal dune, littoral rainforest
Distribution
Coastal districts of Queensland, New South Wales and Northern Territory.
Food source for:
Seeds consumed by red-tailed black cockatoo, rainbow lorikeet consumes seed, buds, flowers and foilage. Also ecologically important to the larva of thePernattia exposita.
Toxicity:
No toxicity known
Origin:
Auustralia
Notes:
Information sources:
Melzer R. & Plumb J. (2007) Plants of Capricornia., Townsend K. & the Society for Growing Australian Plant Townsville Branch Inc. (1994) Across the Top: Gardening with Australian Plants in the tropics.
