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Micropropagation of sandalwood (Santalum album L.) and mulberry (Morus indica L.)

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The Santalaceae are a family of some 250 species of mostly semi-root parasites. The genus Santalum comprises species of woody perenial plants widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Like many santalaceous parasites, Santalum attacks a wide range of host plants and even roots of the same species. Most members of the genus are evergreen trees and produce large quantities of seeds. The sandalwood tree reaches a height of 18 m and 2.4 m girth. The leaves are opposite and decussate. The shape and size of the leaves vary considerably. The bark is reddish brown to dark brown. Sandalwood starts flowering at an early age (3–4 years); however, good seeds can be obtained from seeds over 20 years old. The plant occurs mainly in India, Indonesia, South America, New Zealand, Hawaii and Australia and flourishes well from sea level upto 1800 m altitude, but the formation of the heartwood seems to be the best between 600 and 900 m. It grows very well in the rainfall from 60 to 160 cm. The plant requires special conditions of climate, altitude, rainfall and soil. In addition to all these, another factor which conditions its growth is abundant surrounding vegetation since sandalwood is a semi-root parasite and can thrive well in the midst of hospitable host plants [34].

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Rao, P.S., Bapat, V.A. (1993). Micropropagation of sandalwood (Santalum album L.) and mulberry (Morus indica L.). In: Ahuja, M.R. (eds) Micropropagation of Woody Plants. Forestry Sciences, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8116-5_19

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