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Desert oak
Allocasuarina decaisneana

About
Allocasuarina decaisneana, commonly known as desert oak, desert sheoak, or kurkara by the Anangu peoples, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Central Australia. It is a dioecious tree that typically grows to a height of 10–16 m (33–52 ft) and has long, drooping branchlets, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of four, the mature fruiting cones 28–95 mm (1.1–3.7 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 8.5–17 mm (0.3–0.7 in) long.
- Family
- Casuarinaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Allocasuarina decaisneana
- Slug
- allocasuarina-decaisneana
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Casuarinaceae
- Genus
- Allocasuarina
- Species
- decaisneana
- Wikidata QID
- Q145123
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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