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Nomenclature. Family: SANTALACEAE. Synonym(s): Osyris abyssinica, O. lanceolata, O. tenuifolia. Further trade and local names: muzizi (KE); querets, keret, watto (ET). Code according to DIN EN 13556: none.
CITES(EU) status of protection. Listed in Annex II(B).
Similar timbers. Santalum spp. (Sandelholz, sandalwood, santal, sándalo).
Geographic distribution. Mediterranean incl. N. Africa and Middle East, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (Nepal), tropical Africa (eastern), southern Africa. In usable dimensions only from east african countries.
Growth rings, colour, grain, etc. Growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. Heartwood basically brown, yellow; with streaks (nur fakultatives Kernholz only false (facultative) heartwood). Sapwood similar to heartwood colour, or distinct from heartwood colour. Odour distinct (spicy, similar to true sandalwood (Santalum spp.)). Wood heavy and hard (0.90–1.00 g/cm3). Interlocked grain absent.
Hardwood vs softwood. Vessels (pores) present (= hardwood).
Vessels (pores). Wood diffuse-porous. Vessels (pores) exclusively solitary. Vessels small ((20-)40–50(-60)); very numerous ((120-)160–200). Tyloses absent. Other deposits in heartwood vessels (pores) present.
Axial parenchyma. Axial parenchyma not visible.
Rays. Rays narrow. Large rays commonly less than 1 mm high.
Storied structure. Storied structure absent.
Physical and chemical tests. Heartwood not fluorescent. Water extract not fluorescent; colour shade of water extract colourless to brown. Heartwood extractives not leachable by water. Ethanol extract fluorescent (light blue); colour shade of ethanol extract yellow. Froth test negative. For the "burning splinter test" sufficient material was not available; therefore these characters are not coded.
Additional information. • Transverse section + wood surface. Transverse section ca. 10x. Tangential surface, natural size.
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Cite this publication as: ‘Richter, H.G., Gembruch, K., and Koch, G. 2014 onwards. CITESwoodID: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English, French, German, and Spanish. Version: 4th April 2023. www.delta-intkey.com’.
