BIG TIME AROMA (INDIAN SANDALWOOD)

Written By Alex Crowson
 

Today's story has us wondering who's the real victim. The Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) is a tree that has been used for millennia for cultural practices across the world, but it's also a tree that has its fair share of using other organisms for its own purposes.

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Cover art by Jillian Barthold
Music by Aves and The Mini-Vandals
Episode cover photo by Dinesh Valke

Additional Reading:

Indian sandalwood (Santalum album)
Interactions between hemiparasitic plants and their hosts
Host and Parasite Interactions of Sandalwood
Interesting Historical Tale in Hawai'i

 
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