Allocasuarina inophloia, commonly known as stringybark she-oak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small dioecious tree that has finely fibrous, ribbony bark, its leaves reduced to scales in whorls of seven to nine, the mature fruiting cones 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Stringybark Sheoak being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Allocasuarina fraseriana
- Casuarina cristata
- Allocasuarina luehmannii
- Allocasuarina littoralis
- Allocasuarina torulosa
- Allocasuarina decussata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fagales
- Family
- Casuarinaceae
- Genus
- Allocasuarina
- Species
- Allocasuarina inophloia
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