Santalum album L.


Synonym : Sirium myrtifolium L.
Bangla Name : Chandan,Nay-stha-pru(Rakhaing),Nitha(Tripura).
English Name : Sandal wood tree.
Family : Santalaceae
Disease : Abortion, anaemia, chicken pox, diabetes, jaundice, leismoniasis, marasmus, navel-string infection,
Description : Evergreen trees, bark surface dark grey to nearly black, rough with short vertical cracks. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate, elliptic, elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base acute or round, apex acute, margin entire.Flowers bisexual, reddish-purple, in axillary and terminal paniculate cymes, much shorter than leaves; tepals 5; stamens 5, alternates with disc; ovary superior later half inferior at the time of flowering, globose, ovules 2-3, pendulous from below the long, acuminate, central column, stigma 3 lobed. Fruit a drupe, globose, blackish-purple, annulate above, beaked with the basal part of the style; seed one.
Distribution : -
Chemical Constituents : Leaves, fruits and seeds contain santalbic acid,palmitic acid,oleic acid, linoleic acid and sugars. Fruits yield betulic acid and ?-sitosterol and a fatty oil. Betulinic acid, - sitosterol, glucose, fructose and sucrose from leaves. Heartwood yields essen
Uses : This plant is used in Abortion, anaemia, chicken pox, diabetes, jaundice, leismoniasis, marasmus, navel-string infection, ophthalmia, respiratory troubles.
Habit : Tree