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'''Casuarina equisetifolia''' is an evergreen tree with a finely branched, feathery crown, usually growing from 6 to 35 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 10 metres or more and 20 - 100cm in diameter.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Diarrhoea}}, {{Uses|Stomachache}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|Swelling}}.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=|gu=Hourse tail tree|hi=Jaunglijaan|kn=|ks=Kesarike, Gaalimara|ml=|mr=|pa=Chavuku|ta=Savukkumaram|te=Saruku}}<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Evergreen tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|||}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|||||Flowering season is August-Septemeber}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit||||||Fruiting season is August-Septemeber}}
===Other features===
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
Common ru is adaptable to a wide range of conditions, being found from the semi-arid to subhumid tropics and subtropics, usually near sea level but succeeding under cultivation at heights up to 1,400 metres.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Found on sand dunes}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Inland to lower hills}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"Chemistry]</ref>
<ref name="LeafCommon names">Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2 by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No. 695</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://www.tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Casuarina+equisetifolia Cultivation]</ref> <ref name="morphologyKarnataka Medicinal Plants"]>"Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume - 2" by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.699, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #45, Paapannana Tota, 1st Main road, Basaveshwara Nagara, Bengaluru. </ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [ https://wiki.bugwood.org/Casuarina_equisetifolia Casuarina equisetifolia on bugwood.org]* [ https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/16718 Casuarina equisetifolia on cabi.org]* [ ]
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