Casuarina equisetifolia (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

Casuarina equisetifolia L.

Synonyms

Casuarina litorea L., Casuarina muricata Roxb.

Vernacular names

• Coast she-oak, common ru, whistling pine (En). Filao (Fr)
• Indonesia: cemara laut (general), ai samara (Ambon), aru (Batak, Sumatra)
• Malaysia: aru, ru (Peninsular), ru laut (Sarawak)
• Philippines: agoho (Filipino), agoso (general), aro (Iloko). Burma (Myanmar): pink-tin-yu
• Laos: pêk nam², 'sôn tha lé
• Thailand: son thale (general), ku (peninsular)
• Vietnam: cây phi lao.

Distribution

From peninsular Thailand and throughout the Malesian region towards northern and eastern Australia, Melanesia and Polynesia; introduced into many other tropical regions.