Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Santalaceae | Genus: Santalum | Species: Santalum album Linn. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Sirium myrtifolium L. |
Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Chandan, Sandal | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | White Sandal Tree, Sandalwood, Sandal, Sandal Tree | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Chandan | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 8-12 mm across, globose, blackish-purple, annulate above, beaked with the basal part of the style; seed one. |
| Habitat | Occurs in dry evergreen to dry deciduous forests also cultivated, semi-parasite | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Peninsular India and Malesia | Bark Details | Bark surface dark grey to nearly black, rough with short vertical cracks |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Small evergreen tree that grows to 4 m in Australia but in India it is much larger and can grow to a height of 20 m; girth of up to 2.4 m, with slender drooping branchlets, bark is tight, dark brown, reddish, dark grey or nearly black, smooth in young trees, rough with deep vertical cracks in older trees, red inside | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 12-18 mm long, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 3.7-12 X 2-4 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base acute or round, apex acute |
