Sandalwood is the name for many aromatic woods and their essential oil. There are some 25 varieties of trees in India, Malaysia, Australia and eastern Polynesia. They are hemiparasitic trees in the genus Santalum of the Santalaceae family. Australian Sandalwood, Santalum spicatum,  a hemiparasitic tree necessitates a host tree to grow. It binds itself to [...]

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Oroxylum Indicum or Midnight Horror tree is a small tree found in India and throughout south-central China. An evergreen or partially deciduous tree that grows upright up to 20 meters high. It is known also as Indian Trumpet Flower and for its fear-provoking (strange, oddish) ornamental properties, as well as its use in cooking and [...]

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The Calabash fruit tree is a member of the family Bignoniaceae an attractive tropical family containing numerous trees, shrubs and vines with exquisite, splashy blossoms. There are some trees in this species in which the seeds/nuts are used up for food, despite the unpleasant odor in the fruit. //< ![CDATA[ //]]> Calaba grows in the [...]

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