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Santalum album L.
Synonym
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Sirium myrtifolium L.
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Family
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Santalaceae
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Local name
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English
- Sandal tree
Malayalam – Chandanam
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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November-December
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Distribution
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Peninsular India and Malesia
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Distribution in Kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Dry deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
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IUCN Status
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Vulnerable (VU)
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Uses
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Sandalwood oil has been widely used in
folk medicine for treatment of common colds, bronchitis, skin
disorders, heart ailments, general weakness, fever, infection of the urinary
tract, inflammation of the mouth and pharynx, liver and gallbladder
complaints and other maladies
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Key
Botanical Characters:
Evergreen trees, to 10 m high, bark surface
dark grey to nearly black, rough with short vertical cracks. Leaves simple,
opposite,. Flowers bisexual, reddish-purple, in axillary and terminal
paniculate cymes, much shorter than leaves. Tepals 5, basally connate into a
campanulate tube of 2 mm long, shortly connate to the basal part of the.
Fruit a drupe, globose, blackish-purple, annulate above, beaked with the
basal part of the style; seed one.
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