| Dicotyledon | Literature for Santalum freycinetianum
Harbaugh et al., 2010. Literature for Santalum freycinetianum var. paniculatum Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Santalaceae -- The Sandalwood Family | Bibliography |
| Santalum freycinetianum | |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to O`ahu. Scattered throughout the Wai`anae and Ko`olau Mountains. |
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| Elevation | 300-800 m |
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| Habit |
Tree, or shrubby tree, evergreen, usually 4–10 m (rarely up to 20 m) in height, with a single or multiple stems. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves opposite, more glaucous abaxially, light to dark green, chartaceous, surface not much paler on abaxial side, conduplicate–falcate, narrowly elliptic, oblong, to narrowly ovate, often appearing wilted, (4.1–)5.5–7.9(–10.1) cm long × (1.2–)1.6–
3.3(–4.4) cm wide, margins flat (rarely wavy), apices acute, bases cuneate (rarely rounded), lateral veins barely apparent on both surfaces, yellowish to pink; petioles (7.7–)11.3–17.5(–20.7) mm long. |
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| Flowers |
Inflorescences cymes, sparse, terminal
or axillary; flowers light pink turning deep pink with maturity
(rarely with white interiors); floral-tube campanulate to cylindrical (2.6–)3.3–5.9(–7.0) mm long × (2.2–)2.4–3.4(–4.3) mm wide, with vertical keel below each corolla lobe; pedicels (0.5–)1.0–2.0 mm long; corolla lobes 4 (rarely 5), concave with thickened margins, papillate, (2.8–)2.6–4.2(–5.8) mm long × (1.6–)2.2–2.9(–3.0) mm wide; disk lobes lingulate, apices acute or round; stigma lobes 3; stamens 4, hairs proximal to the filaments
(rarely hairs distal); ovary partly inferior (approx. 2/3).
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| Fruit |
Drupe elliptic, with subapical ring, 9–14 mm long. |
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| Seeds |
Seed muricate, with pointed beak on one end. |
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| Contributor |
Nancy Khan |