Basic Information:

基本資料:

Scientific Name:
Casuarina equisetifolia L.

名稱:
木麻黃

Common Name:
Horsetail tree

俗名:
牛尾松，馬尾樹

Family Name:
Casuarinaceae

科屬:
木麻黃科

Habit:
Evergreen tree

習性:
常綠喬木

Origin Name:

Exotic; native to Australia and the Pacific islands.

原產地:

外來；澳洲及太平洋島嶼。

Features:

特徵:

Height:
Up to 35m tall

高度:
可高達35米

Stems:
Straight trunk

莖:
挺直

Leaf:

Tiny, rings of scales surrounding the nodes of the ribbed and greenish branchlets.

葉:

退化成鱗片狀，常7片一輪，三角形至披針形，緊貼小枝或伸出，近看才能觀察得到

Flower:

• Female inflorescence reddish brown, always grows into a mess of hairy knots. Male inflorescence light brown, like spike of grains.
• Flowering: Apr - May

花:

• 雌花序紅褐色，常生成一團團像毛結的物體。雄花序淡褐色，像禾穗。
• 花期: 4 - 5月

Fruit:

• Cone-like infructescence ellipsoid. Bracteoles lignified, apex slightly obtuse or acute, wart-like. Samaras, dispersed by wind
• Fruiting: Jul - Oct

果實:

• 果序球果狀、橢圓體，小苞片木質化，先端略鈍或急尖，像疣突。翅果，隨風傳播。
• 果期: 7 - 10月