PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Casuarina junghuhniana Miq.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Casuarina in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Synonyms
Casuarina montana Jungh. ex Miq.
Vernacular Names
Mountain ru, red-tipped ru (En). Indonesia: cemara gunung (general), ajaob, kasuari (Timor). Thailand: son pratiphat (general).
Distribution
Indigenous to East Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands; introduced into Kenya and Tanzania and the male hybrid also into Thailand and India.
Correct Citation of this Article
Suhardi, 1998. Casuarina junghuhniana Miq.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record:
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