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osyris_quadripartita_salzm._ex_decne

Osyris quadripartita Salzm. ex Decne. - syn.Osyris lanceolata Hochst. & Steud. ex DC.; Osyris abyssinica Hochst. ex A. Rich. - Santalaceae
African sandalwood, Afrikanisches Sandelholz

Evergreen shrub or small tree, up to 9m tall, native to Africa and Southwest Asia; leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, glaucous, thickly leathery; flowers yellowish green; fruit 10x15mm, red when ripe.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=121290

The commercial demand of Osyris products has led to an increased rate of exploitation, to an extent that its existence in its natural habitat is seriously threatened. Essential oil extracted from the bark of O.quadripartita is used to manufacture perfumes. A bark extract is used locally to treat diarrhoea, chest problems, joint pains.
http://www.kew.org/discover/news/plant-story-very-useful-plant-osyris-lanceolata-risk-extinction-due-overexploitation

Analysis (GC-MS) of a steam-distilled dichlormethane extract of Osyris wood from Tanzania showed (Z)-lanceol (28-29%), α-santalol (20-25%) and β-santalol (20-21%) as main components of the volatile oil. Other constituents were trans-α-bergamotol (12-13%), (E)-nuciferol (4-5%), epi-cis-β-santalol (2-4%), α-bisabolol (0.4-2.2%), β-bisabolene (0.6-1.1%), (Z)-β-farnesene (0.5-0.8%), benzoquinone (0.3-2.4%) and hydroquinone (0.3-2.2%).
[Identification of Santalum album and Osyris lanceolata through morphological and biochemical characteristics and molecular markers to check adulteration., Bhat, K.V., Balasundaran, M., Balagopalan, M., KFRI Res Rep. 307, 2006]

www.zimbabweflora.co.zw_speciesdata_images_12_121290-1.jpg
picture (C) BT Wursten, Flora of Zimbabwe
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=121290

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