Santalaceae

Sandalwood

Santalum album L.

Family: Santalaceae
Genus: Santalum

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
KidsNot sure

Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Sandalwood (Santalum album) — FlowerPhoto: Jaya Rakesh, CC0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (63)

Arabic: صندل, صندل ابيض
arz: سنتل ابيض
ban: Cenana
Bangla: চন্দন
Basque: Sandalo zuri
Belarusian: Санталавае дрэва, Белы сантал, Сантал белы
Bhojpuri: भारतीय चंदन, चंदन, सफ़ेद चंदन, सैंटलम एल्बम
Bulgarian: Сандалово дърво
Burmese: စန္ဒကူး
Chinese: 檀香, 檀香油, 檀香泥, 檀香（白檀）, 白旃檀, 白檀, 白檀香, 真檀
Croatian: Sandalovina
Czech: Santal bílý, Santalovník bílý
English: Sandalwood, Indian sandalwood
Esperanto: Blanka santalo
Estonian: Sandlipuu
Finnish: Santelipuu, Intiansanteli, Santeli
frr: Sandelholtbuum
Galician: Sándalo
Georgian: Თეთრი სანდალოზი
Hebrew: אלגום
Hindi: चन्दन, चंदन
Hungarian: Fehér szantálfa
Indonesian: Cendana, Pohon cendana
io: Santalo
Italian: Sandalo citrino
Japanese: ビャクダン
Javanese: Cendana
Kannada: ಶ್ರೀಗಂಧ
kge: Cindana
Konkani: चंदन
Korean: 백단
lah: صندل
Lithuanian: Baltasis santalas, Sandalmedis, Santalmedis
mad: Candhâna
Malay: Cendana
Malayalam: ചന്ദനം
Marathi: चंदन
Nepali: श्रीखण्ड
Norwegian Bokmål: Sandeltre, Sandaltre
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sandeltre
Odia: ଚନ୍ଦନ
Pashto: چندړ
Persian: صندل سفید
Polish: Sandałowiec, Drzewo sandałowe
Portuguese: Sândalo
Russian: Сантал белый, Сандал белый
Sanskrit: चन्दनम्, अश्वत्थः, श्रीगन्धः
Scottish Gaelic: Fiodh almhaig, Fiodh-albhaig
shn: မွၵ်ႇၸၼ်းၵူး, တူၼ်ႈၸၼ်းၵူး, ၸၼ်းၵူး
Sindhi: چندن
Sinhala: සුදු හඳුන්
Slovak: Santal, Santalové drevo
Slovenian: Beli santalovec
Spanish: Sandalo, Sándalo
Sundanese: Cendana
Swedish: Sandelträ
Tamil: சந்தனம்
tcy: ಶ್ರೀಗ೦ಧ
Telugu: శ్రీగంధం, చందనము, శ్రీగంధము
tet: Ai-kameli
Thai: จันทน์ขาว, Chandan, Sandalwood
Turkish: Sandal ağacı
Ukrainian: Сантал

Synonyms

Santalum ovatum R.Br.
Sirium myrtifolium L.

Flowers

In flower: March, July to August, November to December (from 53 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jaya Rakesh, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: sneha_forestry, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Rama Narayanan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Aadi Kulkarni, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: சு.பத்மா, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ram Dayal Vaishnav, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: deepachandran, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Manoj Karingamadathil, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Subhadra Devi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.