Fabaceae
Red sandalwood
Pterocarpus santalinus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pterocarpus
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Common names
By language (23)
- Arabic
- صندلان, صندل احمر
- Armenian
- Կարմիր սանդալ
- Azerbaijani
- Santal pterokarpusu
- Bhojpuri
- लाल चंदन, टेरोकार्पस सैंटालिनस, रक्त चंदन
- Burmese
- နံ့သာနီ
- Chinese
- 小叶紫檀, 小葉紫檀, 檀香紫檀, 紫榆, 紫檀, 赤檀, 茜草葉紫檀
- English
- Red sandalwood, Almug, Red sanders
- German
- Rot-Sandel, Rotes Sandelholz
- Hebrew
- אלמוג אדום
- Hindi
- रक्त चंदन
- Japanese
- コウキ, 紫檀
- Kannada
- ರಕ್ತಚಂದನ
- mad
- Canḍhâna jhengghi
- Malayalam
- രക്തചന്ദനം, ചെഞ്ചന്ദനം
- Marathi
- रक्तचंदन
- Nepali
- रक्तचन्दन
- Polish
- Pterokarpus sandałowy
- Russian
- Сандаловое дерево, Красное сандаловое дерево, Красный сандал, Птерокарпус сандаловый
- Sinhala
- රත් හඳුන්
- Tajik
- Бақам
- Tamil
- செஞ்சந்தனம், செம்மரம்
- Telugu
- ఎర్రచందనం, ఎర్ర చందనం, ఎర్ర చందనము, రక్త చందనం
- Thai
- จันทน์แดง
Synonyms
- Lingoum santalinum (L.f.) Kuntze
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.