Casuarina Tree

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Casuarina Tree

***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Plant

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Explanation

The casuarina tree is a lovely coniferous tree most at home on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is plentiful on the island of Lamu.
In Nairobi, it exists and grows, but is not plentiful.

Isabelle Prondzynski


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Casuarina is a genus of 17 species in the family Casuarinaceae, native to Australasia, southeastern Asia, and islands of the western Pacific Ocean. It was once treated as the sole genus in the family, but has been split into three genera.

Commonly known as the she-oak, sheoak, ironwood, or beefwood, casuarinas are commonly grown in tropical and subtropical areas throughout the world.

C. cunninghamiana and C. equisetifolia grow in Kenya.

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Worldwide use

India

Casuarina trees are found in India too. Some years ago, while going by road to the Sun Temple of Konark, on the coast of Orissa in Eastern India, I found them growing in plenty by the coast. They presented a pleasant sight waving at the passers-by.

sunil uniyal, India

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Casuarina trees are seen along coasts of Goa and on the east coast besides Orissa as Sunil mentions in Bengal's Digha beach as well. These trees grow on the coastal regions and create a wonderful sound throughout.
I have seen these trees on the coasts of Mananjeri in Madagaskar and Mauritus, too. These are very beautiful.

Kumarendra Mallick, Hyderabad, India


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Things found on the way


The Casuarina Tree
a collection of short stories set in 1920s Malaya
by W. Somerset Maugham
that came out of travels he paid for by working for the British Secret Service as a spy.
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HAIKU

cold breezy evening ...
the casuarina trees whistling
in the wind

Patrick Wafula, Kenya


The leaves of this tree are called needles and they whistle when it is windy or heavily breezy.


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quote
Visit Malaysia Year Haiku - Tanjung Rhu, Langkawi
(State of Kedah)

longing for another luminuous day
this evening tanjung rhu
the casuarina sighing throughout

the casuarina's tremulous sigh
tanjung rhu
every leaf sings the wistfulness in me

john tiong chunghoo
source : www.poemhunter.com


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Related words

***** Trees as haiku topics ... ... and kigo with trees


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