Despite its needle-like leaves, cone-like fruit and resemblance to a conifer or pine tree, casuarina is not related to the Pinaceae, or pine, family of plants. It belongs to the Casuarinaceae ...

Casuarina equisetifolia commonly called Mile Tree or Christmas Pine originated in Australia and Southeast Asia. Casuarina is not a true Pine Tree; over the years it just got referred to as a ...

The ripe fruit is eaten fresh or its pulp is crushed ... It is a slow grower but it can outlive all the trees mentioned above, except casuarina. Sweet tamarind, for which Thailand is known ...

Buoyed by the success of its coastal protection efforts using Casuarina trees (scientifically known as Casuarina Equisetifolia) in parts of Alappuzha, the Forest Department is set to extend the ...