Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving.

Sandalwood (Santalum album): flowering and fruiting stem. Chromolithograph by Leighton Brothers, c. 1887, after I. Sinclair.

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Sandalwood

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Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving.

Sandalwood (Santalum album): flowering and fruiting stem. Chromolithograph by Leighton Brothers, c. 1887, after I. Sinclair.