Scientific Name: Allocasuarina littoralis (was Casuarina littoralis)

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  • Pronunciation:
    al-oh-cas-you-ah-REEN-ah lit-oh-RAH-lis
  • Common Name:
    Black Sheoak, Coastal Sheoak
  • Derivation:
    Allocasuarina: G. allos - other. L. casuarius - the Cassowary. Branches resemble bird's feathers. littoralis: of the sea shore (coastal sheoak)
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    CASUARINACEAE
  • Flowers:
    April-October
  • Fruit:
    Seed crowded into a cone with persistent bracts which open like a capsule
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wallum Woodland
  • Species List:
    FlexiSchoolSB, EdingtonDr, Emu Swamp, W2, W1, Bush medicine, Bush food, Emu Mt., SBHS, NLTalks2010, Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Mooloolaba TAFE, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, St. Teresa's, Pindari Steiner School, Cooroy Primary School, Cooroibah26.4.09, Kingfisher Bay Resort, Cooloothin Corner, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Regional Ecosystem 12.2.9. Regional Ecosystem 12.2.13. (stunted). Regional Ecosystem 12.8.20., Janet, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, NNS, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, TAFE, Girraween, Noosa Banks, Marcus Dunes, Noosa River NP, BHNR, Lake Cooroibah West, Arthur Harrold NR, NNS, Upper Yandina Creek, Heritage Park,,
Cultural Notes

TAKE CARE! Some information about bush foods and medicines may be anecdotal. Correct identification and preparation is essential:

Honey Production: honey source nil, pollen source medium. Bush Food: Foliage chewed to reduce saliva flow during drought, acted as a thirst quencher on long walks. Children chewed immature fruit.

Gum soaked in warm water to make a jelly.

Timber: Wood used for woomeras.

Identification Notes

Bark not stringy, cone with many valves, branchlets with 6-8,rarely 9, teeth in a whorl.||

Associated Fauna

Bird Attracting: Seeds of fruit favoured by Glossy Black-Cockatoo.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type) Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare. Fast growing in well-drained soils. May be used in protected seaside plantings. Will spread by suckering and bind erosion areas. A stand of these trees makes a lovely weeping windbreak. Intermediate foliage accent between other species.||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.|Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery|Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||