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Oil  of  Sandalwood. 
{Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
January,  1914. 
native  of  Kilmandscharo,  in  East  Africa,  has  been  imported  into 
Germany  under  the  name  of  East  African  sandalwood.  The  oil 
was  described  in  1908  as  being  bright  brown  in  color  with  an  odor 
intermediate  between  that  of  vetivert  and  gurjun  balsam,  but  quite 
different  from  sandalwood  (Pflanzenweldt  Ost.  Afrika  C.  167, 
Schimmel's  Report,  November,  1908,  p.  109). 
The  Madagascar  "  Sandalwood,"  of  which  the  native  name  is 
apparently  "  Hasoranto,"  is  exported  from  Tamatave  in  the  North 
of  Madagascar  to  Zanzibar,  and  thence  to  Bombay,  where  it  is 
known  as  taggar  wood,  and  is  largely  used  as  a  cheap  substitute  for 
sandalwood  for  funeral  pyres.  The  wood  is  of  a  dark  brown 
color,  and  yields  a  dark-colored  thick  oil,  with  an  odor  slightly 
resembling  sandalwood,  but  which  for  medicinal  or  perfumery 
purposes  could  by  no  means  be  used  as  a  substitute  for  it.  Its 
botanical  source  is  unknown,  but  is  supposed  to  be  a  Lauraceous 
tree. 
New  Zealand  Sandalwood. — The  wood  of  Olearia  Traversii, 
F.  Muell,  was  exhibited  at  the  International  Exhibition  in  1886 
under  the  name  of  bastard  sandalwood.  It  belongs  to  the  Family 
of  Compositae,  but  nothing  appears  to  be  known  of  its  oil. 
Cochin  China  Sandalwood. — This  is  ascribed  by  Baillon  to 
Epicharis  Loureirii,  Pierre,  Fam.  Melacese,  but  I  have  not  seen  a 
specimen. 
Guiana  Sandalwood. — The  oil  has  already  been  described 
(P.  &  E.  O.  R.,  191 1,  p.  79).  Dr.  Giessler,  of  Leipzig,  is  of  opinion 
that  the  oil  is  probably  derived  from  three  species  of  the  genus 
Acrodiclidium,  or  Ocotea  (Schimmel's  Report,  October,  191 1, 
p.  82).  It  does  not  resemble  sandalwood  oil  in  odor  and  is  not 
known  to  do  so  therapeutically. 
Ibean  Sandalwood. — The  wood  of  Brachylana  Hutchinsii, 
Hutchinson  (Family  Composite),  is  known  under  this  name. 
The  tree  grows  near  Nhairobi  and  in  forests  near  the  coast  at  an 
elevation  of  5000  to  6000  feet.  The  timber  is  white,  hard,  easily 
worked,  and  scented  when  freshly  cut,  and  is  not  subject  to  the 
attacks  of  white  ants.  The  native  name  of  the  tree  is  "  Muhugu." 
It  does  not  appear  to  have  been  exported  as  yet,  the  tree  being  only 
described  three  years  ago  in  the  Kew  Bulletin,  1910,  p.  126.  The 
plant  is  illustrated  in  the  Icones  Plantarum,  292a. 
It  is  obvious,  therefore,  that  at  present  there  is  no  oil  known 
that  can  altogether  take  the  place  of  sandalwood  oil,  and  until  a 
