Santalum spicatum A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Santalum

Characteristics

Shrub to 4 m tall. Bark rough, grey. Branchlets stiff, spreading. Leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, flat, obtuse; lamina 2-7 cm long, 3-15 mm wide, concolorous, grey-green; petiole 3-5 mm long. Flowers numerous in panicles, scented; peduncle 3-5 mm long; pedicels 1 mm long. Receptacle 1-1.5 mm long. Tepals triangular-ovate, 1.5-2 mm long, scurfy inside, red-green, persistent in fruit; hair tufts small. Disc shortly lobed. Style 0.5 mm long; stigma bilobed. Drupe 1.5-2 cm diam.; epicarp green or brown; mesocarp firm, usually adhering to endocarp when ripe; endocarp smooth.
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A crooked tree. It grows about 8 m high. The bark is rough. The flowers are small and in panicles. They are red and green. They have a scent. The fruit are green but turn brown. They are 2 cm across. It grows attached to other plants
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Occurs in a wide range of forest types from woodland to low open-woodlands. Loamy soils and among rocks in woodland and tall shrubland. Red sandy soils, among rocks.
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It is a Mediterranean climate or warm temperate plant. It grows in the drier areas in South Australia. It grows attached to other plants
Grows in loam and among rocks in woodland and tall shrubland.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The seeds are roasted and eaten.
Uses animal food essential oil material medicinal timber wood
Edible fruits nuts pods seeds
Therapeutic use Antiseptic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 32 - 38
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Santalum spicatum world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Santalum spicatum threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:780643-1
WFO ID wfo-0000492979
COL ID 79KBJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Santalum spicatum Eucarya spicata Santalum cygnorum Fusanus cignorum Fusanus spicatus Fusanus spicatus var. frutescens