Casuarina equisetifolia L.
Family : Casuarinaceae
Common name : Whistling Pine, jhaun(Odia)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Found on sand dunes, in sands alongside estuaries and behind fore-dunes and gentle slopes near the sea
Medicinal uses –
🍀A decoction of the twigs is used for treating swelling.
🍀A decoction of the bark, combined with the bark of _Terminalia catappa_ , is taken as a treatment for asthma and shortness of breath.
🍀Root extracts are used for the treatment of dysentery, diarrhoea and stomach-ache.
Sugimani Marndi
(Biodiversity and Conservation lab., Ambika Prasad Research Foundation, Bhubaneswar, Odisha)