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Pterocarpus santalinus L.f.

Synonym: Lingoum santalinum (L.f.) Kuntze

PAPILIONOIDEAE

Local Names : രക്തചന്ദനം, Red sandalwood.

Flowering Period : September to January.

Distribution : Peninsular India

Uses:   Tannin source, Skin problems cure, Timber yielding,  Red dye yielding.

Exotic : No.

 A small to medium-sized, deciduous tree with bark blackish-brown, yielding a deep red latex when cut; heartwood extremely hard, dark purple. Leaves usually imparipinnate, broadly ovate. Flowers yellow, borne a few together in simple or sparingly branched racemes; calyx teeth minute, deltoid. Fruit is a pod.

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