Quandong, quandang or quondong, is a common name for the species ''
Santalum acuminatum
''Santalum acuminatum'', the desert quandong, is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, (Native to Australia) which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia.
The species, especiall ...
'' (desert, sweet, Western quandong), especially its edible fruit, but may also refer to
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Aceratium concinnum'' (highroot quandong)
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Peripentadenia mearsii'' (buff, grey quandong)
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Elaeocarpus angustifolius
''Elaeocarpus angustifolius'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and occurs from India to New Caledonia and northern Australia. Common synonyms are ''E. ganitrus'' and ''E. sphaericus''. It is a large evergreen tree, of ...
'' (blue quandong)
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Elaeocarpus arnhemicus'' (Arnhem Land, bony quandong)
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Elaeocarpus bancroftii
''Elaeocarpus bancroftii'', commonly known as Kuranda quandong, Johnstone River almond, ebony heart, grey nut, or nut tree is a large rainforest tree in the family ''Elaeocarpaceae'' which is endemic to Queensland. It has coriaceous (thick but ...
'' (Kuranda quandong)
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Elaeocarpus coorangooloo
''Elaeocarpus coorangooloo'', commonly known as brown quandong or Coorangooloo quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-east Queensland in Australia. It is a tree with elliptic leaves, white ...
'' (brown quandong)
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Elaeocarpus eumundi
''Elaeocarpus eumundi'', commonly known as Eumundi quandong, or smooth-leaved quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a mid-sized tree with egg-shaped to lance-shaped ...
'' (eumundi, smooth-leaved quandong)
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Elaeocarpus ferruginiflorus'' (rusty leaf quandong)
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Elaeocarpus foveolatus
''Elaeocarpus foveolatus'', commonly known as white quandong or northern quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a medium-sized tree, sometimes with buttress roots at the base of ...
'' (white, Northern quandong)
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Elaeocarpus grandis
''Elaeocarpus grandis'', commonly known as caloon, white quandong, blue quandong, silver quandong, blue fig or blueberry ash, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a large tree w ...
'' (brush, blue, white quandong; quandong)
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Elaeocarpus holopetalus
''Elaeocarpus holopetalus'', commonly known as black olive berry, mountain blueberry, or mountain quandong, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with regularly ...
'' (mountain quandong)
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Elaeocarpus johnsonii
''Elaeocarpus johnsonii'', commonly known as Kuranda quandong or Johnson's quandong, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to north-east Queensland. It is a small to medium-sized tree, often with several main s ...
'' (Kuranda quandong)
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Elaeocarpus kirtonii
''Elaeocarpus kirtonii'', commonly known as silver quandong, white quandong, brown hearted quandong, brownheart, mountain beech, Mowbullan whitewood, pigeonberry ash, white beech or whitewood, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocar ...
'' (brown-hearted quandong)
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Elaeocarpus kirtonii
''Elaeocarpus kirtonii'', commonly known as silver quandong, white quandong, brown hearted quandong, brownheart, mountain beech, Mowbullan whitewood, pigeonberry ash, white beech or whitewood, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocar ...
'' (white quandong)
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Elaeocarpus largiflorens'' (tropical quandong)
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Elaeocarpus obovatus
''Elaeocarpus obovatus'', commonly known as hard quandong, blueberry ash, whitewood, grey carabeen, freckled oliveberry or gray carrobeen, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a ...
'' (hard quandong)
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Elaeocarpus reticulatus
''Elaeocarpus reticulatus'', commonly known as blueberry ash, ash quandong, blue olive berry, fairy petticoats, fringe tree, koda, lily of the valley tree and scrub ash, is species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae, and is endemi ...
'' (Ash quandong)
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Elaeocarpus ruminatus
''Elaeocarpus ruminatus'', commonly known as brown quandong, caloon or grey quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree with buttress roots at the base of the trunk, mostly ...
'' (brown, grey quandong)
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Elaeocarpus sericopetalus
''Elaeocarpus sericopetalus'', commonly known as hard quandong, blueberry ash, hard duandong or northern quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a tree, sometimes with buttress r ...
'' (Northern, hard, Northern hard quandong)
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Elaeocarpus williamsianus
''Elaeocarpus williamsianus'', commonly known as hairy quandong, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeocarpaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of north-eastern New South Wales. It is a small tree with lance-shaped leaves, race ...
'' (hairy quandong)
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Santalum acuminatum
''Santalum acuminatum'', the desert quandong, is a hemiparasitic plant in the sandalwood family, Santalaceae, (Native to Australia) which is widely dispersed throughout the central deserts and southern areas of Australia.
The species, especiall ...
'' (desert quandong)
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Santalum lanceolatum
''Santalum lanceolatum'' is an Australian tree of the family Santalaceae. It is commonly known as desert quandong, northern sandalwood, sandalwood, or true sandalwood and in some areas as ''burdardu''. The mature height of this plant is variable ...
'' (desert quandong)
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Santalum murrayanum'' (bitter quandong)
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Terminalia cunninghamii'' (pindan quandong)
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Amyema quandang
''Amyema quandang'' is a species of hemi-parasitic shrub which is widespread throughout the mainland of Australia, especially arid inland regions, sometimes referred to as the grey mistletoe.
Description
An aerial shrub, without conventional roo ...
'', discovered growing on ''Santalum acuminatum''
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