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Family: Santalaceae	Genus: Santalum	Species: Santalum album Linn.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Sirium myrtifolium Linn.	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 a globose, fleshy drupe; red, purple to black when ripe.
Habitat	Occurs in dry evergreen to dry deciduous forests also cultivated	Bark Type	Rugged
Distribution	Peninsular India and Malesia	Bark Details	Bark tight, dark brown, reddish, dark grey or nearly black, smooth in young trees, rough with deep vertical cracks in older trees, red inside.
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Elliptic
Description of Species	Small evergreen tree up to 20 m, with slender drooping branchlets. Bark tight, dark brown, reddish, dark grey or nearly black, smooth in young trees, rough with deep vertical cracks in older trees, red inside. Leaves thin, usually opposite, ovate or ovate elliptical, glabrous and shining green above, glaucous and slightly paler beneath; tip rounded or pointed; stalk grooved. Flowers purplish-brown, small, straw coloured, reddish, green or violet, small terminal or axillary clusters, unscented in axillary or terminal, paniculate cymes. Fruit a globose, fleshy drupe; red, purple to black when ripe.	Leaf Details	Leaves thin, usually opposite, ovate or ovate elliptical, glabrous and shining green above, glaucous and slightly paler beneath; tip rounded or pointed; stalk grooved.

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