ENTOMOPHILY AND ORNITHOCHORY IN THE INDIAN SANDALWOOD, SANTALUM ALBUM L. (SANTALACEAE)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

ENTOMOPHILY AND ORNITHOCHORY IN THE INDIAN SANDALWOOD, SANTALUM ALBUM L. (SANTALACEAE)

Published:2022-12-30 Issue: Volume:57 Page:143-152
ISSN:0069-9616
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Author:

SUVARNA RAJU Palathoti, ,JACOB SOLOMON RAJU Aluri^ORCID,

Abstract

Santalum album is an evergreen tree species that flowers twice in a year with a gap of one month during May-September. It is hermaphrodite, obligately self-incompatible and entomophilous. The principal pollinators are bees and nymphalid butterflies while a species of hoverfly and potter wasp are additional pollinators in both flowering seasons. The fruits are fleshy, 1- or 2-seeded drupes and seed dispersal is ornithochorous. The study indicates that S. album is obligately vector-dependent for pollination and seed dispersal.

Publisher

Babes-Bolyai University

Subject

Plant Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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