bull-oak
Allocasuarina fraseriana (Miq.) L.A.S.Johnson
Allocasuarina fraseriana, known as bull-oak or western sheoak, is a species in the Casuarinaceae family and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a monoecious tree with branchlets up to 300 mm long and scale-like leaves arranged in whorls of six to eight. The fruiting cones are 15–40 mm long and contain winged seeds (samaras) measuring 10 mm in length.
Description
Allocasuarina fraseriana is native to the south-west of Western Australia and is known by the common names bull-oak or western sheoak. The Noongar peoples refer to it as kondil, condil, kulli, or gulli. This species is a monoecious tree with long branchlets and reduced scale-like leaves. Its cones, which are 15–40 mm in length, contain seeds with wings that measure 10 mm long. The species was published in 1982 under the authorship of L.A.S. Johnson.
Other common names
bull-oak
Distribution
Global · Western Australia
Synonyms
Casuarina fraserianaCasuarina nanaCasuarina stricta var. fraserianaCasuarina torulosa