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Santalum album L.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
L. (1753). In: Sp. Pl. 1: 349.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Santalales
family
Santalaceae
genus
Santalum
species
Santalum album

Name

Synonyms
Santalum ellipticum Zipp.
Santalum ellipticum Zipp. ex Span.
Santalum myrtifolium (L.) Roxb.
Santalum myrtifolium (L.) Spreng.
Santalum ovatum R.Br.
Sirium myrtifolium L.
Homonyms
Santalum album L.
Common names
East Indian sandalwood in English
Indian sandalwood in English
Indian sandalwood in English
Sandelholzbaum in German
Weißes Sandelholz in language.
bois santal in French
chandan in language.
sandalwood in English
sandalwood in English
santal blanc in French
santal des Indes in French
sándalo in Spanish
sándalo Indias orientales in Spanish
sándalo blanco in Spanish
sândalo-branco in Portuguese
vitt sandelträd in Swedish
white sandalwood in language.
white sandalwood in English
white saunders in English
yellow sandalwood in English
yellow saunders in English
Indian Sandalwood in English
East Indian Sandalwood in English
Tan Xiang in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. Wagner et al. (2012), https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/botany/hawaiianflora/Hawaiian_vascular_plant_updates_1.3.pdf
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