Casuarina equisetifolia L.

PLANTS OF THE MARIANAS IJ
T GUAM
Casuarina equisetifolia L
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Locality. JVferizo and vicinity, south end of island
Habitat moist coastal plain, almost completely under cultivation, but
weedy and with thickets and small mangrove swamps.
Gommon along beach.
Date July 3-4; 1$46 Altitude 1-5 m. (estimated)
(3oll. F. R. Fosberg No. 25363
Remarks Tree 8 m. tall, 'branchlets drooping; wgago"
very hard wood used for foundations for houses,
also good for charcoal; "leaves* used for
smudging mosquitoes at night.
U.S.C.C. Economic Survey bf Micronesia
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