Scientific Name: Allocasuarina torulosa (was Casuarina torulosa)

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  • Pronunciation:
    al-oh-cas-you-ah-REEN-ah
  • Common Name:
    Forest Oak
  • Type:
    Tree
  • Family:
    CASUARINACEAE
  • Fruit:
    Crowded into a cone with persistent bracts which open like a capsule
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Bush food, Bush medicine, craft, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Fraser Island, Janet, Batianoff 87, Upper Yandina Creek, NC, Heritage Park, RE 12.8.14. RE 12.11.9. RE 12.12.2a.
Cultural Notes

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

Bush Food:. Foliage chewed to reduce saliva flow during drought, acted as a thirst quencher. Children chewed immature fruit. Timber: Wood used for woomeras.

Identification Notes

Bark: greyish, longitudinally cracked, greyish||Leaves: reduced to many-toothed sheaths around nodes of branchlets.||Branchlets: 0.4-0.5 mm thick with 4 (rarely 5) teeth in a whorl.||

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list. Successfully propagated by Noosa & District Landcare.||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||