Language                          Name

Kriol:                                   Dumbuyumbu

Marra:                                 Dumbuyumbu

Ritharrŋu/ Wägilak:          Dhumbudhumbu'

Ngandi:                              Ma-dumbuyumbuh

Wubuy:                               Ḏumburumbu

Ngalakgan:                        Dumbuyumbuh

Alawa:                                Dumbulyumbul; Dumbu-yumbu

Rembarrnga:                     Dumbuyumbu

English:                             Sandalwood

Scientific name:              Santalum lanceolatum

Group name for plants:   Small trees

It grows on the floodplain, woodlands and near wetlands.

It can be used as an insect repellent when burning leaves.

'We eat the fruits when they turn black-purple and use the leaves to make a tea that is a powerful medicine.'

It has white flowers that turn into purple fruit.

It is parasitic, meaning it grows off other plants.

Dumbuyumbu grows to 7m and has blue-green leaves.