Family – Casuarinaceae. 1 species in Sri Lanka

51.01. CASUARINA  L.

C.equisetifolia L* E:beef wood, bull wood, whip tree, whistling pine S:kasa T:chavakku,chavukku

Reference – A CHECK LIST OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS; Lilani Kumudini Senaratna, B.Sc. (Colombo) M.Phil. (OUSL), Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Nugegoda.  Published by National Science Foundation 47/5, Maitland, Place Colombo 7 SRI LANKA

Name	Casuarina equisetifolia
Family	Casuarinaceae
Common names	Kasa, Casuarina, Whistling pine, කස
Origin	Introduced
Habit	Large tree
Climatic zone	DL, W
NCS
IUCN
Comment	Needle like leaves, cone like fruit.
Reference	T&S 138