| Scientific Name | Osyris lanceolata Hochst.&Steud.ex A.DC. |
| Trade Name | African sandal |
| Local Name | Tanzanian sandal |
| Family | Santalaceae |
| Tree Size | Small |
| Tree Height ( m ) | 1 - 7 |
| Tree Diameter ( cm ) | 60 - 70 |
| Tree Distribution | Mainly in African countries |
| Sapwood-Heartwood Distinction | Distinct |
| Sapwood Colour | Reddish white |
| Heartwood Colour | Reddish brown in colour. |
| Hardness | Moderately hard |
| Specific Gravity Based on Weight Over-dry and Volume Green | 0.77 |
| Weight | Heavy |
| Weight(Kg)/cubic meter at 12% Moisture Content | |
| Texture | Fine texture |
| Grain | Straight to slightly wavy grain. |
| Growth Rings | Distinct |
| Porosity | Diffuse porous |
| Vessel Size | Mostly solitary, very small not clearly visible with hand lens |
| Vessel Arrangement | Vessels solitary |
| Vessel Diameter | 60 - 90 80 |
| Vessel Element Lenght | 160 - 300 300 |
| Perforation | Simple |
| Pit Outline | Rounded |
| Pit Size | |
| Vessel Ray Pitting | Alternate with rounded pits and with much reduced border |
| Ray Nature | Very fine, closely spaced not clearly visible with the hand lens. |
| Ray Arrangement/Type | One to three cells wide, heterogeneous; body of ray cell made up of procumbent cells with one or two marginal rows of square cells. Uniseriate rays wholly made up of square cells |
| Ray Number | 5 - 9 |
| Ray Height | 150 - 310 220 |
| Fibre Walls | Thin to thick walled with minute pits on both radial and tangential walls. |
| Fiber Length | |
| Modulus of Rupture in kg/cm2 (Green) | |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Green) | |
| Modulus of Rupture kg/cm2 (Dry) | |
| Modulus of Elasticity in kg/cm2 (Dry) | |
| Uses | Used for the extraction of essential oil and for carving. The wood is now widely used as an adulterant to Indian sandalwood (Santalum album Linn). |
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