Santalum album L.
| Kannada Name : | Chandana, Srigandha |
| Common Name : | Indian sandalwood tree |
| Family Name : | Santalaceae |
| Scientific Name : | Santalum album |
| Species Type : | Indigenous |
| Phenology : | Evergreen |
| Conservation Status : | Vulnerable |
| Flowering Period : | March - April |
| Fruiting Period : | June - September |
| Origin : | India, Southeast Asia |
Uses
The wood or essential oil is taken internally in the treatment of genito-urinary disorders, fever, sunstroke, digestive problems and abdominal pain. A paste of the wood is used externally to treat skin complaints.
Description
Evergreen trees, 4-10 m, occasionally up to 20 m high, bark surface dark grey to nearly black, rough with short vertical cracks. Leaves simple, opposite, ovate to lanceolate-elliptic, glabrous, base acute or round, apex obtuse or acute, margin entire. Inflorescence axillary and terminal paniculate cymes. Flowers bisexual, reddish-purple. Fruit a drupe, 8-12 mm across, globose, blackish-purple, annulate above, beaked with the basal part of the style; seed one.
