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Taxon:  Santalum acuminatum (R. Br.) A. DC.



Summary
Genus:
Santalum
Family:
Santalaceae
Nomen number:
312969
Place of publication:
Prodr. 14:684. 1857
Verified:
01/06/2005 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Fusanus acuminatus R. Br.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Eucarya acuminata (R. Br.) Sprague & Summerh.
Mida acuminata (R. Br.) Kuntze

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Reference(s)
  1. Duke, J. A. Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. 1989
  2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  3. Foreman, D. B. & N. G. Walsh. Flora of Victoria. 1993-
  4. Francis, W. D. & G. M. Chippendale. Australian rain-forest trees. 1970
  5. George, A. S., ed. Flora of Australia. 1980-
  6. Green, J. W. Census of the vascular plants of Western Australia. 1985
  7. Hackett, C. & J. Carolane. Edible Horticultural Crops. 1982
  8. Hnatiuk, R. J. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11. 1990
  9. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  10. Marchant, N. G. et al. Flora of the Perth Region. 1987
  11. Rivett, D. E. et al. 1989. Santalum acuminatum fruit: a prospect for horticultural development. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry. 1989 208-215.
  12. Rosengarten, F. The book of edible nuts. 1984
  13. Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
  14. Willis, J. H. A handbook to plants in Victoria. 1970-1972
  15. Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
burn-burn –
sweet ouandong –
sweet quandong –
western quandong –
Australia (Aboriginal)
quandong –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaSouth Australia 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaVictoria 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
Native
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Human foodpotential as fruit Rivett, D. E. et al. 1989. Santalum acuminatum fruit: a prospect for horticultural development. In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry. 1989 208-215.
Materialsbeads Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=312969. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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