Flora of the Nilgiris

Habit : A small evergreen tree

Habitat and Distribution : Abundant on the lower slopes, plain and foothills to 1400mm. Peninsular India

Indigenous Information : Tender shoots kept as an offering to gods. Cattle graze on the leaves. Fruits are eaten by birds.

Other relevent information : Wood used for carving, distillation of  oil. Usually semi parasitic on the roots of  other trees.

Field Tips : Bark dark grey, rough. Wood hard and closed grained. Sapwood scentless white, heart wood Yellowish-brown, strongly scented

 

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Names:

English : Sandalwood
Irula : Ghandha
Tamil : Srigandam
Hindi : Chandan

Flower:

In terminal or axillary panicles or in cymes, browinish-purple. Flowering peaks from December-April (nearly through the year in the hills).

Fruit :

A drupe, globose, black when ripe. Fruiting throughout the year.