ပင်လယ်ကဗွီး

Myanmar Name –  ပင်လယ်ကဗွီး ( Pinle – Kabwe)

Common Name – coastal she-oak, horsetail she-oak, beach sheoak, beach casuarina or whistling tree

Botanical Name – CasuarinaequisetifoliaForst.

Family Name – Celastraceae

Habitat – native to Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia and India. 

Habit – a monoecious tree that typically grows to a height of 6–12 m (20–39 ft), sometimes to 35 m (115 ft),

Bark – smooth and greyish on young specimens, scaly or furrowed on older trees. The branchlets are drooping, up to 300 mm (12 in) long,

Leaves –  leaves reduced to scale-like teeth about 0.7 mm (0.028 in) long, arranged in whorls of 7 or 8 around the branchlets. The sections of branchlet between the leaf whorls (the “articles”) are 5–13 mm (0.20–0.51 in) long and 0.5–1.0 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide. 

Inflorescence, Flower And Fruit –  Male flowers are arranged in spikes 7–40 mm (0.28–1.57 in) long in whorls of 7 to 11.5 per centimetre (per 0.39 in.) the anthers 0.6–0.8 mm (0.024–0.031 in) long. The female cones are on a peduncle 3–13 mm (0.12–0.51 in) long and sparsely covered with soft or woolly hairs. Mature cones are 10–24 mm (0.39–0.94 in) long and 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in) in diameter, the samaras 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long. Female flowers are borne on lateral woody branches.

Seed – White, probably an exception as very few birds exploit this food source.

Flowering and – Flowering – April – june

Fruiting – September – December

Usage – Cultivated as an ornamental plant.