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Updated 9/13/2016

Family Casuarinaceae

HAWAII - NATURALIZED

Casuarina equisetifolia 

 

Male flowers

 

Waimanalo, Oahu

Midway Atoll

 


Female flowers, Kalaupapa, Moloka'i

COMMON CASUARINA    IRONWOOD

Tall tree commonly planted as a windbreak in coastal lowlands, now invasive in Hawaii.  Slender, drooping branches, leaf sheaths with 7 teeth, cones 0.5 to 1 inch long.  Native to Australia.