Summary.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:#f8f9fa;padding:5px;font-size:95%;border-spacing:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0;width:100%}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:4px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{background:#ccf;text-align:right;padding-right:0.4em;width:15%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{border-top:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:-8px}@media only screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table.fileinfotpl-type-information{border-spacing:0;padding:0;word-break:break-word;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody{display:block}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr>th,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>td,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr>th{padding:0.2em 0.4em;text-align:left;text-align:start}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output.fileinfotpl-type-information>tbody>tr{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+table.commons-file-information-table,.mw-parser-output.commons-file-information-table+div.commons-file-information-table>table{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output.fileinfo-paramfield{box-sizing:border-box;flex:1 0 100%;width:100%}} Description: Family: Fabaceae; Pterocarpus santalinus Local names: (Telugu) Erra chandanm and Rakta chandanam; (English) Red Sanders Photographed at Velugonda Hills of the Eastern Ghats. Found in rock crevices of the hilly area. Distribution: Found only in a limited area. Endemic to southern parts of Eastern Ghats of Peninsular India. Moderate sized tree. Bark blackish-brown,deeply cleft in to rectangular plates, wood extremely hard, reddish black. Leaves alternate, 1-3 foliate,coriaceous,leaf-lets ovate-orbicular. Flowers: yellow in terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx short, companulate, sub connate, curved; Corolla 5, standard orbicular, crisped, wings oblique, keels small and oblique; stamens 10, in two bundles of 5 each, ovary sessile, 2-6 ovuled; Pod with a broad wing, compressed, orbicular. This plant is on the IUCM Red List, as an endangered plant by BSI and IUCN; As the wood is highily valuable the plants are decreased in number in wild. Included in Appendix II of CITES. Trade of wood, logs, powder and extracts is a punishable crime. Date: 3 June 2010, 10:58. Source:
Pterocarpus santalinus L.f. (Red sanders). Author:
Lalithamba from India.
