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)