Bitter Quandong: Bud Stem

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Sandalwoods (Santalales)

Family:

Sandalwood (Santalaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Bitter Quandong (Santalum murrayanum)

This Photo:

Bud Stem

Other name:

Ming

Thank you Ralph Foster for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
Leaves can be in whorls of 3 and alternate up the stem. The fruit looses the flower parts early, leaving the base fairly smooth.

This species is classed as

NT (Near Threatened)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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