期刊名称：Banko Janakari : A Journal of Forestry Information for Nepal
印刷版ISSN：1016-0582
出版年度：2007
卷号：17
期号：2
页码：1-2
出版社：Department of Forest Research and Survey
摘要：Red Sandle Wood (Pterocarpus Santalinus) a small to medium-sized, deciduous tree
is known to an endemic plant to India¡¯s Eastern Ghats. The tree is slow-growing
and highly valued for its heavily pigmented heartwood. The wood, with a deep
red to purple colour, has greater economic importance. Economically, the plant
is well-known for its characteristic timber of exquisite colour, beauty and
outstanding technical qualities The red wood yields a natural dye santalin, which
is used in colouring pharmaceutical preparations and foodstuffs. It¡¯s timber is
highly prized for house posts and used for agriculture implements for poles,
shafts and bent rims of carts and for picture frames, boxes and other joining
purposes. The timber is especially used in the manufacture of musical instruments
and carving into dolls and images.
