Casuarinaceae

River sheoak

Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq.

Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Casuarina

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River sheoak (Casuarina cunninghamiana) — FlowerPhoto: Rob Cruickshank, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (10)

Arabic: كازارينا كانينغهامية
arz: كازارينا كانينغهاميه
Chinese: 细枝木麻黄, 银线木麻黄
English: River sheoak, River oak, River she-oak
Estonian: Cunninghami kasuariin
Finnish: Jokikasuariina
Hebrew: קזוארינה דקיקה, קסוארינה דקיקה
Japanese: カンニンガムモクマオウ
Kinyarwanda: Umubunda
Serbian: Канингамова казуарина

Flowers

In flower: May, August (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: red (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Rob Cruickshank, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.