Family: Santalaceae
Synonym: Santalum myrtifolium (L.) Roxb.
Vernacular name: Chandanam
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Dry deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
Distribution: India
Flowering and Fruiting: November-December
Key identification features: It is an evergreen tree that can reach heights of up to 10 m. Its bark is dark grey to nearly black. The leaves are simple and arranged oppositely along the branches. They are elliptic, elliptic-ovate, or ovate-lanceolate. The flowers are bisexual, reddish-purple in color, and arranged in axillary and terminal paniculate cymes. Fruits are drupe.
Uses: Tender shoots kept as an offering to gods. Cattle
graze on the leaves. Fruits are eaten by birds. Wood used in religious rituals.
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