Name

Sandalwood

Scientific Name

Santalum album

Native

Sandalwood is indigenous to India, the Malay Archipelago, and Indonesia.

Common/English Name

Indian sandalwood, White sandalwood, White saunders, Yellow sandalwood, Yellow saunders, Chandana

Name in Other Languages

Arabic: Sandal abyad;

Bengali: Chandan;

Chinese: Bai tan xiang (自檀香), Tan xiang (檀香), Tan xiang mu (檀香木), Qing lü shu (情侣树);

Danish: Sandeltræ;

Dutch: Sandelhout, Sandelboom;

English: Indian sandalwood, White sandalwood, Sandalwood, Yellow sandalwood;

French: Arbre à baumes, Santal blanc, Bois de santal, Santal de l’Inde;

German: Echte Sandelholzbaum, Sandelholz weiß, Sandelholzbaum;

Italian: Sandalo bianco;

Hindi: Chandan;

Japanese: Sendaruuddo (サンダルウッド );

Malay: Cendana;

Oriya: Chandana;

Portuguese: Sândalo-branco, Sândalo;

Russian: Sandal (Сандал), Sandaloboe derevo (Сандаловое дерево);

Sanskrit: Candana, Chandanah;

Spanish: Sándalo, Sándalo blanco;

Tamil: Sandanam, Ven santhanum, Santhanam;

Plant Growth Habit

Evergreen trees

Plant Size

10 meters high

Bark

Reddish brown to black

Leaves

Alternate, opposite, elliptic-ovate to lanceolate

Flowering Season

December to April

Flower

Bisexual, 5 to 6 mm across, reddish to purple

Fruit shape & size

Globose (drupe), 8-12 mm across

Fruit color

Blackish to purple

Plant parts used

Wood, oil

Rank

Scientific Name & (Common Name)

Kingdom

Plantae (Plants)

Subkingdom

Viridiplantae

Infrakingdom

Streptophyta (Land plants)

Superdivision

Embryophyta

Division

Tracheophyta (Vascular plants, tracheophytes)

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Santalaceae (Sandalwood)

Genus

Santalum L. (Sandalwood)

Species

Santalum album L. (Sandalwood)

Synonyms

• Santalum ellipticum Zipp.

• Santalum ellipticum Zipp. ex Span.

• Santalum myrtifolium L.

• Santalum myrtifolium L. ex Roxb.

• Santalum ovata R. Br.

• Sirium myrtifolium L.