Allocasuarina inophloia, commonly known as stringybark she-oak,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small dioecious tree that has finely fibrous, ribbony bark, its leaves reduced to scales in whorls of seven to nine, the mature fruiting cones 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long.
Description
Allocasuarina inophloia is a dioecious tree with distinctive, finely fibrous, ribbony bark that typically grows to a height of 3–10 m (9.8–32.8 ft). Its branchlets are up to 210 mm (8.3 in) long, the leaves reduced to scale-like teeth 0.3–0.5 mm (0.01–0.02 in) long, arranged in whorls of seven to nine around the branchlets. The sections of branchlet between the leaf whorls (the "articles") are 4–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long and 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) wide. Male flowers are arranged in spikes 20–40 mm (0.8–2 in) long, in whorls of 7 to 14 per cm (per 0.4 in), the anthers 0.5–0.8 mm (0.02–0.03 in) long. The mature cones are 10–20 mm (0.4–0.8 in) long and 9–12 mm (0.4–0.5 in) in diameter containing dark brown samaras 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long.[2][3][4][5]
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^ ab"Allocasuarina inophloia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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^ abAhrendt, Lucy (2006). "Allocasuarina inophloia". Growing Native Plants. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Australian National Botanic Gardens, Australian Government. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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^Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 224. ISBN9780958034180.