| Botanic Name |
Santalum album
|
| Family |
Santalaceae
|
| English Name |
Sandal tree |
| Malayalam Name |
Chandanam |
| Sanskrit Name |
Chandana |
| Hindi |
Chandana |
| Habit |
Tree |
| Description |
Small trees. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate. Flowers bisexual, reddish-purple, in axillary and terminal paniculate cymes. Fruit a drupe, globose; seed one
|
| Distribution |
Peninsular India and Malesia
|
| Habitat |
Dry deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads |
November-December
|
March-May |
| System of medicine |
Ayurveda, Folk, Homeopathy and Unani
|
| Parts Used |
Heartwood |
| Properties & uses: |
Cooling, sedative, diuretic and expectorant.
|
