Casuarina equisetifolia shine sunan kimiyya na nau'in bishiyar da aka fi sani da Pine ko Ironwood. Bishiyar ta fito ne daga kudu maso gabashin Asiya da Ostiraliya, kuma an santa da ganye masu kama da allura, masu kama da bishiyar Pine. Kalmar "Casuarina" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Malay "kasuari," wanda ke nufin cassowary, wani babban tsuntsu maras tashi wanda ya fito daga yankuna daya da bishiyar. Sunan jinsin "equisetifolia" yana nufin siffar ganye, wanda yayi kama da na shukar horsetail (genus Equisetum).