Pterocarpus santalinus Red Sandalwood SEED

LATIN NAME: Pterocarpus santalinus

COMMON NAME: Red Sandalwood

LATIN NAME: Pterocarpus santalinus

COMMON NAME: Red Sandalwood

The red sandalwood is the deep-red heart of the old forests, and the small, yellow flowers open in the loose clusters among the dark leaves. The slow-growing, evergreen tree carries the pinnate leaves of the small, leathery leaflets and the small, yellow or yellowish-brown flowers in the loose clusters through the warm season, one of the fine, historic sights of the study collection. The heartwood has a very long record as the fine, deep-red wood of the old craft, and the tree is a fine, historic presence of the study garden. It is a tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The red sandalwood is a historic subject of the plant science, and the deep-red heartwood keeps showing up in the work on the precious timbers. The way the heartwood holds the fine, deep-red colour and the fragrant resins of the old craft has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the precious timbers, the fragrant woods and the members of the bean family. The pinnate leaves and the slow, dense habit have also made it a fine study tree, and the red sandalwood is a regular subject of the work on the deep-red hearts of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The red sandalwood is a fine, historic tree of the study garden and the warm collection. The heartwood has a very long record as the fine, deep-red wood of the old craft, worked into the fine boxes, the beads and the carvings of the old tables, one of the fine, deep-red sights of the craft, and the small, yellow flowers open in the loose clusters through the warm season. The tree is one of the fine choices for the study collection, the warm garden and the specimen bed, and it has been written up in the botanical and the cultural papers for the deep-red heartwood and the very long history. It is a fine, historic tree of the open, sunny, deep, well-drained garden.

Give the young tree the warm, sheltered corner, and the deep-red heart will come in the long run.

Give the young tree the warm, sheltered corner, and the deep-red heart will come in the long run.

To grow the red sandalwood from seed, sow the small, brown seeds a centimetre down in a pot of coarse, gritty soil, keep the pot in a warm, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out after the last frosts. The seedlings come up in their own good time and grow on slowly at first. With the sun, the warmth and the deep, well-drained ground, the deep-red heart will come in the years ahead.

Precious wood. Upscale furniture