Osyris lanceolata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Santalales
- Family
- Santalaceae
- Genus
- Osyris
- Species
- Osyris lanceolata
- Scientific Name
- Osyris lanceolata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Osyris lanceolata
Osyris lanceolata, also known as African sandalwood, watta bush or Camwood, is used for its scented wood and to extract essential oil. The semi-parasitic plant is found from South Africa to Zimbabwe and east Africa, including Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda; northwest Africa; the Canary Islands and the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula. It grows in rocky areas or along the margins of dry forest, but is usually not abundant in any one place.
The wood is overexploited in parts of its range despite legal protection. In Somaliland, the leaves and tender branches of the tree are used for tanning leather.
...Osyris lanceolata in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Rotslooibas
- Afrikaans
- Bergbas
- Afrikaans
- Looibas
- Afrikaans
- bladbas
- Afrikaans
- looibasbosse
- Catalan
- Ginestó valencià
- Danish
- Østafrikansk sandeltræ
- English
- African Sandalwood
- English
- Rock Tannin-bush
- English
- Transvaal Sumach
- English
- African-Sandalwood
- English
- Bark Bush
- English
- Rock Sumach
- English
- Rock Tannin Bush
- English
- Rock Tanninbush
- English
- Rock-Sumach
- English
- Tannin Bushes
- English
- Transvaal-Sumach
- Finnish
- marokontuonenmarja
- German
- Transvaal-Gerbrindenbaum
- Portuguese
- Cássia-de-folha-lanceolada
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