Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Pterocarpus santalinus
Scientific Name and Description
Pterocarpus santalinus L.F.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Lingoum santalinum (L.f.) Kuntze
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | red sandalwood, sanderswood, red sanders, red saunders, Yerra Chandanam, Chenchandanam, Rakta Chandana, and rakto chandon, |
| Hindi | lal-chandan, lalcandan, lalchandan, lalchandana, ragat-chandan, ragatchandan, rakta-chandana, raktacandan, rukhtochandan, undum |
| Kannada | benne, honne, kempu gandha, kempu-gandha-chekke, kempugandha, kempugandha chakke, patranga, rakta-chandana, raktacandana, raktachendana, raktashandana |
| Malayalam | cencandanam, chan-chandanam, ooruttahchandanam, patrangam, rakta-channanam, raktacandanam, raktachandanam, raktashandanam, senshendanam, tilaparnni, tilparnni, uruttachandanam, uruttucandanam, uruttushandanam |
| Marathi | rakta-chandana, raktachandan, rathaanjili, tambadachandana, thambada chandana |
| Sanskrit | agaru-gandhakashtaha, agarugandha, andana, arka, asukla candana, bhaskarpriya, candana, chandana, harichandana, hima, kshudrachandana, kucandana, kuchrasara, kumoda, kushikam, lohita, lohitacandana, lohitachandana, malayaja, patranga, pattanga, pravalphala, rajanakuchandana, raktabija, raktacandana, raktacandanah, raktacandanam, raktachandana, raktakta, raktanga, raktasara, raktavrksa, ranjana, tamrabhra, tamravriksha, tilapari, tilaparni |
| Tamil | akilankattai, anukam,anukam,anukkapitam, anukkapitamaram, arakkam,aricantanam, ariccantanam, arikantam, atti, calavimpam, calliyam, calyam, cantanavenkai, cantani, cemmaram, cencandanam, cencantam, cencantanakkatti, cencantanam, cenkantam, cenkunkumam, chenchandanam, cikappu cantanam, cikappuccantanam, citacaram, civantacantam, civappuccantanam, civappuccenturam, curonitavirutti, curonitaviruttimaram, cuttiracantanam, iracitam, irancanam, irattacantanam, kapi, kucantanam, kulavarikulavukacam2, kulavuri2, kusandanam, locitam, makakantam , malcantanam, malcantanamaram, mantaram , maturam , nallacantanam, nattuccantanam, nittittam, pattankam, pattirankam#, pattirankam, picanam, picanam, pidagattam, pulliri, rattacantanam, salliyam, sandanam, sandanavengai, segapoo shandanum, semmaram, sensandanakkattai, shen-chandanam, shen-shandanam, sivappuccandanam, sivapu chandanam, tamirakam, tanmalokitam, tanpalokitam, teyvakala, teyvakalamaram, vatappatiram, vattiyam |
| Telugu | agarugandhamu, candanam, chandam, chandanam, chandanamu, erra-gandamu, erra-gandhapu-chekka, erracandamanu, errachandamu, errachandanam, erragandhapu, ettachandamu, kuchandanam, kuchandanamu, kunchandanamu, rakta-chandanam, rakta-gandham, raktacandanamu, raktachandanam, raktachandanamu, raktagandham, raktagandhamu, raktha chandanamu, raktha-chandanamu, rakthagandhamu, shandam, shandanamu, sundhanam, tsandanam, yerra-chandanamu, yerrachandanam, yerragandhamu |
| Tibetan | dmar, tsa nda na dmar po, tsan dan damar po, tsan dan dmar po |
| Urdu | burada sandal safaid, burada sandal surkh, sandal surkh |
| Common names | red sanders, red saunders, Yerra Chandanam, Chenchandanam, red sandalwood, Rakta Chandana, rakto chandon, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Bark
Wood
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Pterocarpus santalinus L.f.
Habit -Tree
Parts used -Bark, leaves, wood, bark
Application -Rheumatism; blood purifier; diuretic; boils; blisters; snakebite
Treatment -General
References -Chopda and Mahajan 2009, Padma et al. 2016
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Padma et al. 2016
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Wikipedia. 2024. "Pterocarpus Santalinus." Wikimedia Foundation. Last modified April 27, 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterocarpus_santalinus.