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Casuarina equisetifolia L. 木麻黃 (Hui Poken)
Updated on 23/04/2021

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Casuarina equisetifolia L. 木麻黃 is commonly known as Horsetail Tree, Ironwood and Casuarina.

Family: Casuarinaceae 
Sex: Monoecious or Dioecious

Leaf type: Simple
Leaf arrangement: Whorled

Fruit type: Samara
Fruit: Dry & Multiple

Supplementary information:
1. endosymbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria of the genus Frankia
2. branchlet instead of leaf are the major photosynthetic organ

Reference:
https://syhuherbarium.sls.cuhk.edu.hk/collections/factsheet-pro/casuarina-equisetifolia/

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Great effort in arranging the information!

Pls note that
the tags are not on the given list of feature descriptions

by Cherry_Chow (Teacher) at 2021-05-04 17:30:09

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Updated on 23/04/2021