Sell Santulam album- SANDAL WOOD OIL, chandan

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Santulam album- SANDAL WOOD OIL SANDAL- The word sandalwood in English, Chandan in Hindi, Santhanam in Tamil represent the precious and scented wood. &#**9; Santulam album&#**9; is the botanical name for the above species. Sandalwood tree is a small ever green tree with a moderate height of *2 ?*5 Metres. Matured trees are covered with a dark brown to reddish bark. The smooth trunk of young trees turns rough with age and exhibits deep vertical cracks. The small leathery leaves display a range of greenish colors. The purplish brown flowers are small and unscented. Though the tree can grow under a variety of environmental conditions, the finest heartwood is formed only in dry, rocky and hilly terrain in Tamil Nadu. The Sandalwood is used in aromatic, religious and medicinal purposes. The Sandalwood oil is being extracted from ancient times and exported to different countries from India. In older days, this oil was used for perfume purpose only and the use was limited to Royal families. Now this wood, powder and oil is being used quite common for different purposes. Powder of heartwood upon steam distillation yields the East Indian Sandalwood Oil, which is rated very high for its sweet fragrant persistent. The percentage of the sandalwood oil content varies from 3% to 5.6% depending on the parts of tree used. The roots of the tree contain high percentage of oil while stem portion of tree (Jojbokal) contains higher percentage of santalol content. Popular perfume compositions are prepared by hydro distilling the volatile essences of flowers (Jasmine, Kendra, Naresissus, Rose) on to sandal oil. Sandal oil has earned a prominent place in Agarpathi, Cosmetic fragrance and soap industries. Apart from its importance as supremely satisfying source of fragrance, it finds use in medicine. Uses of Sandalwood Oil : The major quantity of the sandalwood oil is used for the manufacture of perfumes and cosmetics. Also the sandalwood oil is playing a vital roll for the preparation of medicines