Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pterocarpus santalinus L.f. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agaru	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
agaru-gandhakashtaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agarugandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agarugandhamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akilankattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
andana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anukkapitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anukkapitamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aricantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ariccantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arikantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asukla candana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
benne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhaskarpriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buckum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burada sandal safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burada sandal surkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calavimpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caliatur wood	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
calliyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
candanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantanavenkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cencandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cencantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cencantanakkatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cencantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkunkumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chan-chandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chenchandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chendana janggi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cikappu cantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikappuccantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citacaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civantacantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappuccantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappuccenturam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curonitavirutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curonitaviruttimaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuttiracantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dul-surkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dulsurkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erra chandanamu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
erra-gandamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erra-gandhapu-chekka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erracandamanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errachandamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errachandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erragandhapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ettachandamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harichandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hima	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
honne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iracitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irancanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irattacantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu gandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu-gandha-chekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempugandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempugandha chakke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshudrachandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kucandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kucantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuchandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuchandanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuchrasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumoda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunchandanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kṣudracandana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
laal-chandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lal chandan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lal-chandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalcandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalchandan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lalchandana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
locitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lohita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lohitacandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lohitachandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malayaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malcantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malcantanamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallacantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nittittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ooruttahchandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patrangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
pattanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
picanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pidagattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pravalphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulliri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ragat-chandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ragatchandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajanakuchandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakta chandana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rakta chandanam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rakta-chandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakta-chandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakta-channanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakta-gandham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktacandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktacandana	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktacandana (heart wood)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
raktacandanah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktacandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktacandanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktachandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
raktachandana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
raktachandanam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktachandanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktachendana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktagandham	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktagandhamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktakta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktasaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
raktasara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktashandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktashandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktasāra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
raktavrksa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktha chandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktha chandanam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
raktha chandanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktha-chandanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakthagandhamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktāṅga	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ranjana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratanjali	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rath hadun	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
rath handun	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rathaanjili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rattacantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red sandal wood	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
red sandalwood	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
red sanders	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
red sanders wood	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
red sanderswood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
red saunders	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
red-sandalwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rot sandelholz	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
rotes sandelholz	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
ruby wood	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rukhtochandan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rött sandelträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
salliyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samdal surkh	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sanchandanam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sandal ahmar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sandal surkh	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
sandale	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sandale ahmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandale-ahmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandale-surkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandaleahmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandalesurkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandanavengai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanderswood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandulhamra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandulsurkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
santali lignum rubri	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
santali lignum rubrum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
santalini lignum rubrum	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
segapoo shandanum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semmaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sensandanakkattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
senshendanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shandam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shandanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shen-chandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shen-shandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivappu chandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sivappu chandanam	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
sivappuccandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivapu chandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sundhanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambadachandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamrabhra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamravriksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanmalokitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanpalokitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teyvakala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teyvakalamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thambada chandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilapari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilaparnni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilparnni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsa nda na dmar po	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsan dan damar po	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsan dan dmar po	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
tsandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tsen den mar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
undum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruttachandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruttucandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruttushandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatappatiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vattiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerra-chandanamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerrachandanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerragandhamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ཙན་དན་དམར་པོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
紫檀	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Heartwood		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Heart wood		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heartwood, fruit, bark, wood, sapwood, rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
heartwood	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
wood		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
wood	heartwood	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
duramen		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
wood	heart wood	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Wood (Heartwood)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Draco santalum Crantz Duab. Drac. Arbor.: 15 (1768).
Lingoum santalinum (L.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 193 (1891).
Santalum rubrum Hill Useful Fam. Herbal: 327 (1754), opus utique oppr.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pteorocarpus santalinus Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pterocarpus santalina	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pterocarpus santalinus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pterocarpus santalinus L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pterocarpus santalinus L. F.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Pterocarpus santalinus L. f.	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Pterocarpus santalinus L.f.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pterocarpus santalinus Linn.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Pterocarpus santalinus Linn. f.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Pterocarpus santalinus Linn.f.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Pterocarpus santalinus Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Pterocarpus santalinusLinn. F.	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)

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