The sandalwood family. Approx. 43 genera and 1000 globally distributed species, many of them parasitic or semi-parasitic. Santalum (sandalwood, the fragrant oils of which are used to make incense), Osyris lancolata (African sandalwood, also used for incense), Buckleya distichophylla (piratebush), Arceuthobium (dwarf mistletoes), Comandra (used as a narcotic by the Navajos), Nestronia (leechbrush), Phoradendron (also mistletoe), Viscum (more species of mistletoe, including the most common - Viscum album, European mistletoe - all of which are toxic).
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