Red Sanders रक्त चंदन

🌱 About the plant

The red-timbered endemic of the Andhra hills; slow, valuable and heavily poached.

Growing it

Endemic and protected; plant nursery stock and keep the paperwork.

What it is for

Conservation planting; dye and timber by tradition.

🪴 How to grow

Sunlight

Full sun

Water

Rain-fed

Season

Jun–Jul

Grows in

Garden / ground

Mature size

8–11 m

First harvest

Timber from year twenty-five

Endemic and protected; plant nursery stock and keep the paperwork.

🌾 Traditional uses

Traditionally used — recorded as tradition, not as established effect. The two registers below are kept separate on purpose.

Traditional knowledge

Conservation planting; dye and timber by tradition.

Scientific evidence

This record has not yet assessed the research on these uses. Absence of an assessment here is not evidence either way.

Important: Traditional plant use does not replace professional medical advice. Do not treat a condition on the strength of this page — speak to a doctor.

🐝 Ecological value

🗺️ Where it grows in India