Allocasuarina luehmannii (R.T.Baker) L.A.S.Johnson

Bull Oak

Tree mostly 7-15 m tall. Branches ascending. Branchlets to about 40 cm long, segments to 2 cm long. Leaf teeth 10-13, 0.5-1 mm long. Sexes on separate trees. Fruits 1-1.2 cm long, 1.2-2 cm wide, stalk absent or very short; seed red-brown about 5 mm long. [Casuarina luehmannii R.T. Baker]

SA, Qld, NSW, Vic

Grows naturally in woodland, in lime-free soils.

Branchlets relatively thick, more than 1 mm wide; cone foreshortened, wider than long.

ACT: Acton (E side of Black Mountain, native and rare, 2 trees). VIC: Rutherglen Park.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Casuarinaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Rosanae
order      Fagales
family       Casuarinaceae
genus        Allocasuarina L.A.S.Johnson