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Pterocarpus santalinus
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Papilionoideae)
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Citation: Pterocarpus santalinus L.f., Suppl. Pl. 318. 1781; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 239. 1865; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 384(271). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Rakthachandanam, Chenchandanam
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Tamil name(s):
Rakthachandan
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English name(s):
Red sanders, Red sandalwood, Ruby wood
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Description:
A small to medium-sized, deciduous tree upto 11 m tall with a dense, rounded crown; bark blackish-brown, deeply cut into rectangular plates, yielding a deep red latex when cut; heartwood extremely hard, dark purple. Leaves usually imparipinnate, 10-18 cm long; leaflets 3, rarely 4-5, 3.8-7.6 cm long, broadly ovate or orbicular, coriaceous, apex obtuse, slightly emarginate, undersurface pale and clothed with fine grey hairs. Flowers yellow, borne a few together in simple or sparingly branched racemes; pedicels c. 5 mm long; calyx 5-6 mm long, teeth minute, deltoid. Fruits (pods)obliquely orbicular, 3.8-5 cm in diam including the wing, base narrowed into a short, concavely curved stipe c. 8 mm long, woolly. Seeds 1-2, reddish-brown, smooth, leathery, 1-1.5 cm long.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Thrissur, Ernakulam, Palakkad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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