Allocasuarina distyla
(Vent.) L. A. S. Johnson
Scrub she-oak
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Gum, Seeds
The gum and seeds are edible.
How to Identify
A shrub or small tree. Plants are separately male and female. It grows 1-5 m tall. The bark on the trunk is rough and grey. The small branches are dark green and 33 cm long. They are 1 mm across. The male flowers are on the tip of the branches. The female flowers are clustered in round heads on the end of short stalks. The cones develop into woody valves. These are 2-3 cm long by 15-18 mm wide. The seeds are small and shiny.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Allocasuarina distyla, commonly known as scrub she-oak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is a dioecious shrub that has branchlets up to 350 mm (14 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of six to eight, the fruiting cones 13–35 mm (0.51–1.38 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 4.0–8.0 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long.
Names & Synonyms
References (1)
- Caton, J.M. & Hardwick, R. J., 2016, Field Guide to Useful Native Plants from Temperate Australia. Harbour Publishing House. p 38
