Santalum lanceolatum R.Br.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub to 7 m high. Bark becoming fissured, grey. Branchlets spreading or pendulous. Leaves broadly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, flat, acute, concolorous or slightly discolorous; lamina 2–9 cm long, 0.5–2.5 cm wide, rather soft, often slightly glaucous; reticulate venation obscure; petiole 2–10 mm long. Flowers in terminal and axillary panicles or racemes; peduncle 5–30 mm long; pedicels 1 mm long. Receptacle 2–3 mm long. Tepals triangular, cream to pale green, 3–5 mm long; hair tufts prominent. Disc with knob-like lobes. Style 3–4 mm long; stigma 4-lobed. Drupe 7–10 mm diam. with prominent circular apical scar; epicarp purple; endocarp smooth.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows to 4-5 m high. The bark is grey and flaky. The branches hang down. They leaves are greyish-blue. They are fleshy. The leaves are 5 cm long by 3.5 cm wide. They taper at both ends. The flowers are in clusters at the ends of branches. Each flower is made up of 4 yellow-green fused petals. The fruit are round and red or black when ripe. They have a scar around the top. The fruit are in clusters on long stalks. The fruit have a small amount of flesh covering a single large seed. The plant grows as a parasite on the roots of other plants.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in inland Australia. They often grow in groups along water courses. They can also be at the base of rocky outcrops where water runs off. It can grow in arid places. It suits hardiness zones 10-12.
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Rocky ground, occasionally near the coast in drier areas. Drier areas on sand dunes, rocky hillsides, scrub and limestone areas. Grows in a wide range of woodland communities, from sandy sites to rocky hillsides.
Rocky ground, occasionally near the coast in drier areas.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten.
Uses animal food environmental use essential oil food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison ornamental wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Santalum lanceolatum world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Santalum lanceolatum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:780614-1
WFO ID wfo-0000492962
COL ID 6XKBP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Santalum venosum Santalum megacarpum Santalum leptocladum Santalum lanceolatum Santalum oblongatum