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Santalum murrayanum (T.Mitch.) C.A.Gardner
Bitter Quandong

Reference
W.Australia Forests Dept.Bull. 44:9 (1929)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Small tree or shrub, 1-5 m high, hemiparasitic on roots. Fl. white-cream-yellow/green, Oct to Dec or Jan. Gravelly & sandy soils, red or brown sand, laterite. Sand dunes, sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 July 1995

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Katanning, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Menzies, Narrogin, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.