Scientfic name: Pterocarpus santalinus

Life span: 20-25 years
Planting Spacing: 4 X 4 m

Nurseries technologies

• Seeds are viable upto one year
• Nursery bed size: 1.2 x 1.2 x .03m (Length x width x height)
• Seeds are mixed with sand and broadcasted over the mother bed
• Finally cover the mother bed with thin layer of soil
• Keep a layer of paddy straw for mulching

Seedling Germination

• Land should be ploughed thoroughly
• Planting Spacing: 45 x 45 x 45 cm (Length x width x height)
• 12 months old saplings should be planted in pits
• Weeding, cleaning, pruning and irrigation should be done upto 3 year old plantation

• Wood can be used for the perfume industry
• Wood can be used for medicinal purposes

#credit https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/forestry/forestry_Redsander.html