Ximenia afra var. afra
False Sandalwood
Ximenia americana
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- Botanical name
- Ximenia americana
- Also known as
- False Sandalwood, Tallownut, Tallowwood, Yellow-Plum
- Family
- Olacaceae
- Genus
- Ximenia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow False Sandalwood
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Ximenia americana but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Amyris arborescens
Heymassoli inermis
Heymassoli spinosa
Ximenia aculeata
Ximenia americana f. inermis
Ximenia americana var. americana
Ximenia americana var. argentinensis
Ximenia americana var. elliptica
Ximenia americana var. inermis
Ximenia americana var. microphylla
Ximenia americana var. oblonga
Ximenia americana var. ovata
Ximenia americana var. oxypyrena
Ximenia americana var. sphaerica
Ximenia arborescens
Ximenia elliptica
Ximenia exarmata
Ximenia fluminensis
Ximenia gabonensis
Ximenia inermis
Ximenia laurina
Ximenia loranthifolia
Ximenia montana
Ximenia multiflora
Ximenia oblonga
Ximenia rogersii
Ximenia russeliana
Ximenia spinosa
Ximenia subscandens
Ximenia verrucosa
Ziziphus littorea
Others in Ximenia
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