Casuarina pauper

Casuarina pauper
	In Kinchega National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Casuarinaceae
Genus:	Casuarina
Species:	C. pauper
Binomial name
	Casuarina pauper; F.Muell. ex L.A.S.Johnson
Synonyms
	Casuarina cristata subsp. pauper (Miq.) L.A.S.Johnson nom. inval.; Casuarina pauper Miq. nom. inval.; Casuarina cristata auct. non Miq.: Willis, J.H. (1973); Casuarina lepidophloia auct. non F.Muell.: Black, J.M. (1924); Casuarina obesa auct. non Miq.: Barker, W.R., Barker, R.M., Jessop, J. & Vonow, H. (ed.) (18 March 2005);

Casuarina pauper, commonly known as black oak, belah or kariku, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a dioecious tree with fissured or scaly bark, waxy branchlets, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of 9 to 13, the fruit 13–18 mm (0.51–0.71 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 5.5–7.0 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long.