Genus: Allocasuarina (sheoaks - part) Life
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Family: Casuarinaceae
Sixty species (endemic to Australia) of which five are
cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002), where they are placed in the genus
Casuarina.
Allocasuarina decussata (Karri
oak)
Native to western Australia. |
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Allocasuarina fraseriana
(Western sheoak, Common sheoak)
Native to western Australia. |
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Allocasuarina littoralis (Black
sheoak)
Native to Australia. |
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Allocasuarina torulosa (Forest
oak, Rose sheoak)
Native to eastern Australia. |
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Allocasuarina verticillata
(Drooping sheoak)
Native to southeastern Australia. |
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