Citation: L. Johnson, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 6:74 (1982).

Synonymy: Casuarina decaisneana F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:61 (1858).

Common name: Desert oak, desert sheoak.

Description:
Dioecious tree 10-15 m high, with very long drooping branchlets at maturity; articles terete, smooth, 1-6 cm long, 0.8-1.5 mm diam.; phyllichnia with a broad shallow central depression; teeth-4, pale, erect, almost pungent, 2-5 mm long.

Male spikes 2-4 cm long, dense, c. 10 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent (?); anthers yellow, c. 0.7-0.8 mm long; cone sessile or on a peduncle to 15 mm long, cylindrical, 3-8 cm long, 2.5-3.5 cm diam.

Fruiting bracteoles acute, more or less rugose, with a broad thick rugose acute dorsal protuberance as long as the bracteole.

Image source: fig. 54a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Jessop (1981) Flora of central Australia, fig. 28.

Distribution:  Chiefly in swales between sand-dunes. S.Aust.: NW.   W.Aust.; N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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