Category :- Timber seeds , Tree seeds Shape:- leaf like Size:- variable Color: - Brown Usage: - Germination (not for oil extraction) Age: -Fresh(less than a year, good for germination) Pterocarpus santalinus, Red Sanders or Red Sandalwood is a species of Pterocarpus native to India. It is found in south India in Kadapa, Chittoor, mostly in the hilly region of Nepal, in Pakistan and in Sri Lanka. with a trunk 50-150 cm diameter. It is fast-growing when young, reaching 5 m tall in three years even on degraded soils. It is not frost tolerant, being killed by temperatures of -1 DegC. The leaves are alternate, 3-9 cm long, trifoliate with three leaflets. The flowers are produced in short racemes. The fruit is a pod 6-9 cm long containing one or two seeds USES:
The wood has historically been valued in China, particularly during the Ming and Qing periods, referred to in Chinese as zitan and spelt tzu-t'an by earlier western authors such Gustav Ecke, who introduced classical Chinese furniture to the west. In India, this wood has been traditionally used as a sacred wood. The priests and higher class casts such as Brahmin extensively use this wood on many of their rituals.
