Santaloides minor(Gaertn.) G.Schellenb.

WFO wfo-0001296605 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 5 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 5 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Santaloides minor, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. a 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / 2021-10-20 / obs. 165257129
Santaloides minor, photographed by Cheng-Te Hsu
fig. b Cheng-Te Hsu, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 92237433
Santaloides minor, photographed by Dinesh Valke
fig. c Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 149648216
Santaloides minor, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. d 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165257084
Santaloides minor, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. e 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165121338
Santaloides minor, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. f 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165245592
Santaloides minor, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. g 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165245416
Santaloides minor, photographed by 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi)
fig. h 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), CC BY 4.0 / obs. 165121320

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Native range 57 botanical countries

Regions where Santaloides minor is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Taiwan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Philippines, Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is. AngolaBeninBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicCongoDR CongoGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaLiberiaMadagascarMaliNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaChina South-CentralChina SoutheastTaiwanAssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.Sri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnamFijiNew Caledonia Andaman Is.Nicobar Is.NiueSamoaTongaVanuatuWallis-Futuna Is.
Native distribution of Santaloides minor, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
Congo CON
DR Congo ZAI
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Mali MLI
Nigeria NGA
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
New Guinea NWG
Nicobar Is. NCB
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE
Fiji FIJ PACIFIC
New Caledonia NWC
Niue NUE
Samoa SAM
Tonga TON
Vanuatu VAN
Wallis-Futuna Is. WAL
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
China Southeast CHS
Taiwan TAI

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 94 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aegiceras minus Gaertn.
  • Cnestis acuminata Wall.
  • Cnestis erecta Blanco
  • Cnestis florida Jack
  • Cnestis glabra Blanco
  • Cnestis monadelpha DC.
  • Cnestis monodelpha Roxb.
  • Connaropsis varians Craib
  • Connarus javanicus Blume
  • Connarus monocarpus Wight & Arn.
  • Connarus obliquus (C.Presl) C.Presl
  • Connarus roxburghii Hook. & Arn.
  • Connarus santaloides Vahl
  • Omphalobium obliquum C.Presl
  • Omphalobium pictum Blanco
  • Pterotum procumbens Lour.
  • Rourea acuminata Hook.f.
  • Rourea afzelii R.Br. ex Planch.
  • Rourea anomala King
  • Rourea bamangensis De Wild. & T.Durand
  • Rourea chiliantha Gilg
  • Rourea commutata Planch.
  • Rourea erecta (Blanco) Merr.
  • Rourea florida Miq.

and 70 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.