RED SANDERS (Pterocarpus santalinus). 9- 



12. Points of Interest. 



The following extract from the "Dictionary of the Economic 

 Products of India " by Dr. George Watt, is of some interest : 



" According to U. C. Dutt, Sanskrit writers describe several 

 varieties of sandal or chandana. Of these, srikhanda, white; 

 pitachandana, yellow; and raktachandana, red; are best known. 

 The first two are simply the wood of the true sandal, Santalum 

 album, of different shades. It has long been a matter of question, 

 how woods differing so entirely in character as Sandal-wood 

 and Red Sanders wood should have come to bear the same 

 Sanskrit name of chandana and the same English appellation. On 

 this subject Dutt remarks, ' I am inclined to think that the 

 name is owing to the similarity in the uses to which Hindus put 

 both these articles. Both Sandal wood and Red Sanders wood are 

 rubbed on a piece of stone with water and the emulsions are used 

 for painting the body after bathing and in religious services." 



Kodur Red Sanders plantations. Red Sanders seedlings were 

 planted by Mr. H. H. Yarde, Deputy Conservator of Forests, in 

 1865 on an area of 38 acres along the banks of the " Gunjana " 

 stream close to the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway line 

 near the Koduru station. The plants were put out in rows as nearly 

 as possible 8 feet by 9 feet. From the year of planting to the year 

 of 1883, no information was recorded in regard to this plantation. 

 In 1883, a sample area of f of an acre was selected and the girth 

 measurements of all the trees on this plot were recorded. From 1883, 

 reference has been made to the plantation in various Administration 

 Reports with reference to creeper-cuttings and thinnings. The trees 

 are now 51 years of age and average about 26 inches in girth and 

 50 feet in height. The largest tree is 52" in girth and about 60' 

 in height. The dead and dying trees are now being taken out. 

 The expenditure on this plantation since 1865 up to date has been 

 nearly R6,000. Some R2,000 revenue has been derived from a few 

 thinnings during the past 5 years and the value of the growing stock 

 at present will not be far short of Rl,00,000. 



