Botanical name : Santalum album Linn.

Family : Santalaceae

SANSKRIT SYNONYMS

Chandana, Srikhandam

AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES

Rasa : Kashaya, Madhura, Tikta

Guna : Guru

Virya : Seeta

PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English : Sandal tree, White sandal tree

Hindi : Safed chandan, Santal

Malayalam : Chandanan

Distribution – In dry deciduous forests in India, especially in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu districts.

PLANT DESCRIPTION

A medium sized evergreen plant grows up to 20 meters in height. Plant is a root parasite. Leaves simple opposite, elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous, entire; flowers brown or purple in terminal and axillary panicle, fruits globose drupes, dark purple when ripe, seeds hard and globose. Heartwood is light yellow colored and scented.

MEDICINAL PROPERTIES

Plant pacifies vitiated pitta, burning sensation, headache, hyper prespration, skin disease, psychotic ailments, memory loss, cardio myopathy, ulcer, jaundice, cough and inflammations.

Useful part : Heartwood