🌿 Botanical Name
Santalum album
👨‍👩‍👦 Family
Santalaceae.
🗣️ Vernacular Names
Sandalwood, Chandanam.
🌼 Flowering – Fruiting
March – August.
🌍 Distribution
Endemic to India.
💡 Status
Vulnerable.

Description: Small evergreen tree. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic-ovate. Flowers brownish-purple, in terminal or axillary paniculate cymes. Fruit globose drupe, purple-black when ripe.

Uses: Planted in gardens. The scented heartwood is used in carving, oil extraction, religious ceremonies and medicine.