Literature for Santalum paniculatum
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Santalum paniculatum var. paniculatum Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. Literature for Santalum paniculatum var. pilgeri Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
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Santalaceae -- The Sandalwood Family | Bibliography |
Santalum paniculatum |
General Information | |
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Distribution | |
Habit |
Shrubs or trees 3-10(-20) m tall. |
Leaves |
Leaves ± conspicuously discolorous, sometimes yellowish orange to bluish or olive green, upper surface glossy, lower surface dull and ± pale, often glaucous, brittle, ovate, elliptic, or obovate, (2.5-)5.5-6(-8) cm long, (2-)2.5-4.5 cm wide, petioles 2-15 mm long. |
Flowers |
Flowers with a sweet fragrance, greenish in bud, about as long as wide, in terminal and ± axillary, compound cymes, pedicels 0-1 mm long; floral tube campanulate to conical; corolla greenish, tinged with brown, orange, or salmon after opening, 4-8 mm long; ovary inferior. |
Fruit |
Drupes purple to black at maturity, 10-12 mm long, with an apical receptacular ring. |
Chromosomes |
2n = 40* |