Santalum album is a small tropical tree, and the traditional source of sandalwood oil. It is native to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Western Australia. It is commonly known as the white sandalwood o
The light green calyx gradually turns dark red. Some calyces have four sepals and some have five.
Flowers in Hyderabad, India
A ripened fruit of Santalum album from Panchkhal Valley, Nepal
One of the major early human migrations was the maritime Austronesian expansion into the islands of the Indo-Pacific, believed to have begun between at least 5500 and 4000 BP. These migrations were ac
Candlenut (Aleurites moluccanus) leaves, flowers, and fruit from Maui
Women preparing candlenut torches for the Baha Liurai festival in Babulo, Timor-Leste
Giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos) plantation in Tongatapu, Tonga
Elephant foot yam in Taman Negara, Malaysia