Santalaceae

Desert quandong

Santalum acuminatum (R.Br.) A.DC.

Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Santalum

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Desert quandong (Santalum acuminatum) — FlowerPhoto: insiderelic, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (10)

Arabic: صندل مؤنف, الخوخ البري, خوخ الصحراء, خوخ بري
arz: صندل مؤنف
Catalan: Desert quandong
Chinese: 框東
English: Desert quandong, Native peach, Quandong
Japanese: クァンドン
Malayalam: സാന്താലം അകുമിനേറ്റം
Persian: صندل برگتیز
Russian: Десертный квандонг
Ukrainian: Десертний квандонг

Synonyms

Eucarya acuminata (R.Br.) Sprague & Summerh.
Fusanus acuminatus R.Br.
Fusanus acuminatus var. angustifolia (A.DC.) Benth.
Mida acuminata (R.Br.) Kuntze
Santalum angustifolium A.DC.
Santalum cognatum Miq.
Santalum densiflorum Gand.
Santalum preissianum Miq.
Santalum preissii F.Muell.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: insiderelic, CC0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: ronavery, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Malcolm Simard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Millie Brady, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: JennyKS, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Jennings from Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Jennings from Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.