Santalum album L.

• Family: Santalaceae
• Vernacular names: Chandanam, ചന്ദനം (Malayalam), Sandal tree (English), Candana (Sanskrit), Chandanam (Hindi), Ingam (Tamil)
• Distribution: Peninsular India and Malesia
• Description: Small trees. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate. Flowers bisexual, reddish-purple, in axillary and terminal paniculate cymes. Fruit a drupe, globose; seed one.
• Habit: Tree
• Habitat: Lateritic areas, also grown in homesteads
• Flowering & Fruiting: November-December

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• Parts used: Heartwood
• Properties & Uses: Cooling, sedative, diuretic and expectorant. Heart wood is used for the treatment of headache, skin diseases, inflamed swellings, burns and ulcers.
• Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
• Conservation Status: Vulnerable.
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