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Santalum acuminatum (R.Br.) A.DC.
Quandong

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14:684-685 (1857)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Small tree or shrub, 1-7 m high, hemiparasitic on roots. Fl. green-white/red-brown, Jan to Apr or Jul to Sep or Nov to Dec. White, grey, yellow-brown or red sand, clay loam. Coastal dunes, gravelly plains, granitic outcrops, creek beds.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 July 1995
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Jarrah Forest, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Central, Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hampton, Katanning, Lateritic Plain, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Roebourne, Shield, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Trainor, Warren, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Cambridge, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Claremont, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Jerramungup, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Katanning, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Mundaring, Murchison, Narembeen, Narrogin, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northam, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay, Stirling, Swan, Tammin, Toodyay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Waroona, West Arthur, Westonia, Wickepin, Williams, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.