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Santalum album

Indian Sandalwood

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Indian Sandalwood, White Sandalwood, East Indian sandalwood, White Saunders, Yellow Sandalwood, Yellow Saunders

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE India (Endangered)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent (2001), Not naturalised; S.Group only (Mangaia and Mitiaro only); Land, lowlands

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: Present
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
++
+

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Santalum album
TAXONOMY: PLANTAE; ANTHOPHYTA (=Angiospermae); MAGNOLIOPSIDA (=Dicotyledones); ROSIDAE; Santalales; SANTALACEAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Mangaia: fieldspecimens+photo, 2007/01, Oneroa, G.McCormack with tentative ID as Santalum album, Othenial Tangianau reported planting started material from CSIRO in 2001 and more in 2004, 2007/01. Mitiaro: reported, 2007/01, Othenial Tangianau with ID as Santalum album and planting started 2005.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB07a, zM07a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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