Santalum album
Indian Sandalwood at suppressed
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| Santalum album | 29 Sep 2024 | JasonPStewart | ||
| Santalum album | 5 Apr 2023 | JasonPStewart |
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_Santalum album_ tall shrub .
Healthy, lone tall shrub, on the edge of the river bank vegetation, foliage, flowering, fruits growing not ripe, habit .
South Mossman River north bank, beside the track that separates this river bank remaining forest from the historically bulldozed forest now cane paddocks .
Possibly an old farm planting for crop trialling .
Officially regarded as an Au indigenous species in the NT at least (aka Au native), but well known and much more common in India —the classical Tropical Indian Sandalwood species – not to get confused with the other Au species naturally more common (or were so) in their respective parts of this continent .
2023 March 30th 12-27–12-49, 1-08–1-09 pm
References:
• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI):
https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/61519/api/apni-format
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• Flora of Australia:
https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Santalum%20album
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Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Yes In flower
Collections
- Au rain forest and swamp forest plants, incl. phenology – JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr Other Trees Plants Santalum album
Species information
- Santalum album Scientific name
- Indian Sandalwood Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 22.4m to 105.5m Recorded at altitude
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Was the plant in flower?
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