Indians have been long deprived of this precious cash crop known as red sandalwood.
Red sandalwood tree plantation.
The soil ph should be between 6 0 and 7 5.
Red sandalwood is used for treating digestive tract problems fluid retention and coughs.
Red sandalwood is a tree and the wood at the center of the trunk heartwood is used as medicine.
The sandalwood grown in india has two colours which are available white and red.
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Sandalwood can also be planted in sandy soils red clay soils and vertisols.
Sandalwood tolerates rocky ground and gravelly soil.
Sandal wood plantation santalum album commonly known as east indian sandalwood or chandan belongs to the family santalaceae.
Red sandalwood by doing systemic and organized cultivation for 12 15 years we can achieve an optimum output of heartwood.
The sandalwood tree is actually a parasite of sorts as it requires a host root plant or tree to attach itself to and to allow it to grow.
The cool fragrant forest where it flourishes today is also the home of numerous koa trees mamane and naio which assist it in its propagation.
Wa has the largest plantation resource in the world.
And for blood purification in manufacturing red sandalwood is used as a flavoring in alcoholic beverages.
Red sandalwood cultivation is having very high demand worldwide the trees will grow only in south india.
Shows its demand worldwide.
This tree is valued for the rich red colour of its wood.
It is highly valuable and becoming endangered species.
Sandalwood plantation subsidy in karnataka financial benefits of red sandalwood plantation sandalwood trees are popular for its beautiful fragrance and its wood materials are used from centuries.
The wood is not aromatic.
Sandalwood is expensive compared to other types of woods so to maximize profit sandalwood is harvested by removing the entire tree instead of sawing it down at the trunk close to ground level.
The uses of red sandalwood is mainly for treating digestive tract problems fluid retention and coughs and for blood purification.
Sandalwood tree is called as wooden gold.
Vertisol is a type of clay rich black soil that contracts dramatically in dry weather creating deep mud cracks.
It is distributed all over the country and more than 90 lies in karnataka and tamil nadu covering 8300 sq kms.
