Belah

Casuarina pauper, commonly known as black oak, belah or kariku, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a dioecious tree with fissured or scaly bark, waxy branchlets, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of 9 to 13, the fruit 13–18 mm (0.51–0.71 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 5.5–7.0 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long.

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Belah 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 luehmannii
• Casuarina obesa
• Casuarina cristata
• Allocasuarina fraseriana
• Allocasuarina decaisneana
• Acacia peuce

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fagales

Family

Casuarinaceae

Genus

Casuarina

Species

Casuarina pauper

More species