Dendromyza 
Australia known from Cape York and the NT. In the 
DR known only from 2 sites on Melville Is. in peren- 
nially wet vine forest. Parasitic on Calophyllum 
SANTALACEAE 193 
soulattri Burman f. and Syzygium eucalyptoides 
(F.Muell.) B.Hyland subsp. bleeseri (O.Schwarz) 
B.Hyland. 
EXOCARPOS Labill. 
A genus of c. 26 species; from Malesia to Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and New Caledonia. Two species 
in the NT; only 1 occurs in the DR. 
E. latifolius R.Br. 
Root parasitic, evergreen shrub or small tree to 10 
m; bark black, deeply furrowed; root suckering. Gla- 
brous to densely pubescent with minute stellate hairs 
on all parts. Leaves alternate; petioles 2-8 mm long; 
blades elliptic, obovate or ovate, rounded to acute, 
18-110 mm long, 8-62 mm wide, L/B 1.4-2.3; 3-9 
longitudinal primary nerves. Inflorescence a filiform 
spike, often clustered or branched, to 40 mm long. 
Flowers bisexual, 5-merous, minute, greenish. Disc 
Anthobolus Dendromyza 
lobes alternating with stamens. Ovary superior; stigma 
sessile. Fruiting receptacle swollen below drupe, 
succulent, maturing yellow or red, obovoid, 5-8 mm 
long; drupe coriaceous, ellipsoid, 5-10 mm long. 
Flowering and fruiting: throughout year. Fig. 62 
Widespread across northern Australia, also in 
Malesia and the Philippines. Common in the DR in 
vine thickets and open forest on a variety of soil types. 
There is variation in indumentum and leaf size. The 
fleshy receptacle is edible (Smith & Wightman, 1990). 
Exocarpos 
A. filiformis 
E. latifolius 
Fig. 62 
SANTALUM L. 
Root-parasitic, glabrous, evergreen shrubs or small trees. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers bisexual, in 
terminal or axillary panicles or racemes, rarely umbelliform; bracts caducous. Tepals 4, usually with hair tufts 
at base behind stamens. Prominent or slightly developed fleshy lobes alternating with stamens. Ovary 
inferior; ovules 2-4; style short; stigma small. Fruit dark purple to black, with apical collar. 
A genus of c. 25 species from Malesia, Polynesia, Hawaii, Juan Fernandez to Australia. Six species 
recorded for Australia; 3 in the NT and 2 in the DR. 
1. Leaves ovate, rarely narrower, discolorous; lateral veins evident; 
flowers dark red or green, c. 4 mm long ...........06 
S. album 
1. Leaves lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, rarely wider, concolorous; 
lateral veins obscure; flowers white to cream, 6-8 mm long 
S. lanceolatum 
