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சிவப்புச்சந்தனம் (ciwappuccantanam)

Pterocarpus santalinu

Pterocarpus santalinus, a Southeast Asian tree of the pea family (Fabaceae). This species may have been the source of the sandalwood used in King Solomon’s temple.

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  Many other woods are used as substitutes for true sandalwood. Red sandalwood is obtained from the reddish-coloured wood of Pterocarpus santalinus, a Southeast Asian tree of the pea family (Fabaceae). This species may have been the source of the sandalwood used in King Solomon’s temple.

Pterocarpus santalinus (Telugu: రక్తచందనము (raktachandana), (Tamil: சிவப்புச்சந்தனம் (ciwappuccantanam); Red Sanders orRed Sandalwood) is a species of Pterocarpus native to India. It is only found in south India in Kadapa, Chittoor and most in hilly region of Nepal. . In Nepal sandalwood is one main and lucrative market for smugglers as high price is paid for this wood in China. Since, the exporting of sandlewood was legalised in Nepal, the underground market is growing and there are number of arrests every year of those trying to smuggle and this wood to China.It is a light-demanding small tree growing to 8 m tall with a trunk 50–150 cm diameter. It is fast-growing when young, reaching 5 m tall in three years even on degraded soils. It is not frost tolerant, being killed by temperatures of −1 °C. The leaves are alternate, 3–9 cm long, trifoliate with three leaflets. The flowers are produced in short racemes. The fruit is a pod 6–9 cm long containing one or two seeds.

Useful part

Heartwood, fruits, stem bark

Medicinal Uses

Headache, burning sensation, vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentery, boils, scorpion sting, skin diseases, leprosy, ulcers, bleedings, inflammations, fever, eye diseases, general debility, mental aberrations,  semen coagulation

Major chemical constituents

lupenone, epilupeol, lupeol, eudesmol, pterocarpolone, pterocarpol, cryptomeridiol

 

In Siddha medicine red sandal and white sandal are the most needed herbs in Leyhiams  to cool the  three thoshas and the body. It is cut into small pieces as shown and then powdered to prepare medicines.

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