| Casuarina obesa | |
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| Near Paynes Find | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Casuarinaceae |
| Genus: | Casuarina |
| Species: | C. obesa
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| Binomial name | |
| Casuarina obesa | |
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Casuarina obesa, commonly known as swamp she-oak, swamp oak or western swamp oak,[2] or as goolee, kweela, kwerl and quilinock by the Noongar peoples,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a dioecious small tree or shrub that forms root suckers, and has drooping or spreading branchlets, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of 12 to 16, the fruit 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long.
- ^ "Casuarina obesa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ Wilson, Karen L.; Johnson, Lawrence A.S. "Casuarina obesa". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "Noongar names for plants". kippleonline.net. Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.