Allocasuarina verticillata
(Lam.) L. Johnson
Mountain she oak, Drooping she oak
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Resin ?, Cones, Shoots
The soft young cones and young shoots are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows on most types of soil. It can tolerate some waterlogging. It often grows on coastal cliffs. It suits hardiness zone 8-10. Arboretum Tasmania. National Arboretum Canberra.
Australia*, Tasmania*,
How to Identify
A small tree. It grows up to 8 m high. It has many branches. It has a weeping habit. Male and female flowers are on separate trees. Male flowers are brown and on the ends of small branches. The fruit are woody cones. They are 2.5-4.5 cm long and 2-3 cm across.
How to Grow
Plants are easily grown from seed.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Allocasuarina verticillata, commonly known as drooping sheoak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a small dioecious tree that has drooping branchlets up to 400 mm (16 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of nine to thirteen, the mature fruiting cones 20–50 mm (0.8–2 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 7–12 mm (0.3–0.5 in) long.
Names & Synonyms
Brakbruk, Gneering, Wayetuck
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