Forest Sandalwood (Santalum freycinetianum)
Description
Santalum freycinetianum, forest sandalwood,Freycinet sandalwood, or -Iliahi, is a species of flowering tree in the European mistletoe family, Santalaceae, that is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Its binomial name commemorates Henri Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet, a 19th-century French explorer.-Iliahi inhabits dry, coastal mesic, mixed mesic, and wet forests on O-ahu, Kaua-i, L-na-i, Maui, and Moloka-i at elevations of 250-950 m (820-3,120 ft). It grows in areas that receive 500-3,800 mm (20-150 in) of annual rainfall. Like other members of its genus, -iliahi is a root hemi-parasite, deriving some of its nutrients from the host plant; common hosts include koa (Acacia koa), koai-a (Acacia koaia), and -a-ali-i (Dodonaea viscosa)
Taxonomic tree
-
Domain: Eukarya
-
-
Kingdom: Plantae
-
-
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
-
-
Class: Magnoliopsida
-
-
Order: Santalales
-
-
Family: Santalaceae
-
-
Genus: Santalum
-
-
-
-
-
-
