Difference between the white sandalwood plants and red sandalwood

Posted by Arjoo pandey on September 7th, 2019

There are two Varieties of sandalwood plants in India:-

Red Sandalwood Nursery:-

Pterocarpus santalinus, with the normal names red sanders, red sandalwood, and saunders wood, is a type of Pterocarpus endemic toward the southern Eastern Ghats mountain scope of South India.

This tree is esteemed for the rich red shade of its wood. The wood isn't fragrant.

Red sandalwood nursery is quickly developing when youthful, reaching 5 meters (16 ft) tall in three years, even on corrupted soils. It isn't ice tolerant, being slaughtered by temperatures of −1 °C.

Pterocarpus santalinus is utilized in customary natural medicine as an antipyretic, calming, anthelmintic, tonic, discharge, loose bowels, Spanish fly, hostile to hyperglycaemic and diaphoretic

White sandalwood nursery:-

Santalum collection, or Indian sandalwood, is a little tropical tree and is the most generally known wellspring of sandalwood. It is local to Island Southeast Asia.

It ordinarily develops in sandy or well-drained stony red soils, yet a wide scope of soil types are inhabited. White Sandlewood natural surroundings has a temperature run from 0 to 38 °C and yearly rainfall somewhere in the range of 500 and 3000 mm

The focal piece of the tree, the heartwood, is the main piece of the tree that is utilized for its scent. It is yellow-darker in shading, hard with a sleek surface and because of its solidness, is the ideal material for carving. The external piece of the tree, the sapwood, is unscented.

It has utilized as wood and oil in religious practices. It additionally includes a development material in sanctuaries and somewhere else. The Indian government has restricted the fare of the species to diminish the risk by over-harvesting.

The focal piece of the tree, the heartwood, is the main piece of the tree that is utilized for its aroma. It is yellow-darker in shading, hard with a slick surface and because of its sturdiness, is the ideal material for carving. The external piece of the tree, the sapwood, is unscented.

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