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Re: sandalwood

Jerry

With regard to 'parasitic trees' - Australia has a number of trees and 
shrubs that are parasitic for either part or all of their life. 
Others probably know more about the science of it than I do but I 
understand that there is still a great deal of research still to be done 
re the exact nature of some of these relationships (eg whether they are 
truly parasitic or more like symbiotic relationships). In the case that 
you mentioned Acacia was suggested as a 'host' - well one reason might 
be that Acacias are good nitrogen fixers? 

Other  examples that I am familiar with are Quangdong (native plums) 
which some people are experimenting with as a commercial crop (see 
http://bushtucker.com.au for more on Quangdong as a food) and Cherry 
Ballart (a local Mornington Peninsula large shrub/small tree). 
Experiments with Cherry Ballart suggest that growing seedlings in the 
same pot as Poa labillardieri significantly improve the chances of 
success. 

Hope this helps

Susan George
McCrae Australia

  

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>I'm hoping someone on the list can save me from my own vanity:
>
>I was teaching a class at a local Junior College this afternoon.  I was
>talking about diversity of species, reaching out for new species, etc.  
At
>the end of class a lady came up to me and asked if I could find her a
>source for a sandalwood tree.  I had a vague notion of what a 
sandalwood
>tree was--something from SE Asia I thought.  Being vain I boasted that 
I'd
>have no trouble tracking down a source for her within 48 hours.
>
>Then came the hard part.
>
>I found that there isn't *one* sandalwood tree but many.  I was 
heartened
>to find out that the most common commercially raised 
sandalwoods(*Santalum
>spicatum* and *Santalum album*) are native to "medium and low rainfall
>areas of Western Australia".  The outskirts of Perth were even 
specified in
>a publication called "Agriculture Western Australia".
>
>I found a company that sells seed of S.spicatum, M.L.Farrar Seed Co. of
>Bomaderry.
>
>But I found no mention of anyone in the states selling any Santalum's,
>including the six species native to Hawaii.
>
>And, ominously, I also found:
>        --someone mentioned it in an email seeking psychoactive plants 
from
>Australia.  Anyone know about this?
>        --Santalum's have been over-harvested and are under strict
>protections in Australia.  I don't know that that would indicate any 
export
>restrictions but who knows?
>        --Florida lists a Santalum as an invasive species under state
>quarantine.  This lady wants to plant hers in Arizona.  I wonder if 
Arizona
>has similar restrictions.
>        --The magazine above has a sentence that I've never heard 
before in
>connection with a tree.  It says: "{Santalum} is a parasite and needs a
>host plant to survive."  *Acacia acuminata* and *Acacia aneura* are
>mentioned as hosts.  I don't understand.  Does this tree wrap itself 
around
>an Acacia as it begins growth?  Apparently the parasite status only 
lasts
>for the first year or two of the tree's life.  Can someone clue me in 
on
>this one?
>
>And, finally, has anyone any knowledge of a US firm selling any species 
of
>sandalwood tree?
>
>Jerry Heverly, Oakland, CA
>
>


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