Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Literature for Santalum haleakalae
Harbaugh et al., 2010. Literature for Santalum haleakalae var. haleakalae
Harbaugh et al., 2010. Literature for Santalum haleakalae var. lanaiense
Harbaugh et al., 2010.
   Santalaceae -- The Sandalwood Family Bibliography
      Santalum haleakalae
General Information
Distribution
Habit
Tree, or shrubby tree, evergreen, single or multiple stems.
Leaves
Leaves opposite, more glaucous abaxially, surface paler abaxially, apices acute or obtuse (rarely acuminate), bases cuneate, margins flat to slightly recurved.
Flowers
Inflorescences cymes; flowers deep pink to red throug out, or with white to pink interiors; floral-tubes campanulate to cylindrical, without vertical keel below each corolla lobe; disk lobes lingulate, apices acute or round; corolla lobes 4 (rarely 5), concave with thickened margins, papillate; stigma lobes 3; stamens 4, hairs proximal to the filaments (rarely hairs distal); ovary partly inferior (approx. 2/3).
Fruit
Drupe elliptic, with subapical ring.
Seeds
Seed muricate, with pointed beak on one end.
Contributor
Nancy Khan