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Santalum album L.

Synonym: Sirium myrtifolium L.

SANTALACEAE

Local Names : ചന്ദനം, Sandal tree , White sandal tree .

Flowering Period : November to December.

Distribution : Peninsular India and Malesia

Uses: Timber, Soap making, perfume.

Exotic : No

 Evergreen trees, bark surface dark grey to nearly black. Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic, apex acute, margin entire. Flowers bisexual, reddish-purple, in axillary and terminal paniculate cymes. Tepals 5, ovate, thin, fleshy. Stamens 5, alternates with disc. Ovary superior later half inferior at the time of flowering, 1-celled, ovules 2-3, pendulous, stigma 3 lobed. Fruit a drupe, globose, blackish-purple; seed one.

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