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 ...

Most of the garden uses hardy and drought-tolerant plants but there are two productive vegetable gardens, and numerous fruit and nut trees. Persimmons, quince, Manchurian pears and Japanese maples ...