The history, present distribution, and abundance of sandalwood on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands: Hawaiian Plant Studies 14
- Author:
- St. John, Harold
- Title:
- The history, present distribution, and abundance of sandalwood on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands: Hawaiian Plant Studies 14
- Periodical:
- Pacific Science
- Year:
- 1947
- Volume:
- 1
- Pages:
- 5-20
- Subject:
- Sandalwood Iliahi
- Summary:
- This document describes the history, scientific interest, uses, and the important part that the sandalwood, (Iliahi), played as the first important article of commerce that was exported from the Hawaiian Islands. Also described is the Iliahi's connection to Asia and to the white sandalwoood, (Santalum album L.) a species though to a native of India that was the first species to be commercialized.
- Label:
- Botany
- URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10125/12535
- Date:
- 1947
- Collection:
- Periodicals