| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | MAGNOLIOPSIDA | SANTALALES | SANTALACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Santalum album | |||
| Species Authority: | Linn. | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable A1d ver 2.3 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 1998 | |||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s | Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam, August 1996) | |||
| History: |
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| Range Description: | Regeneration is mostly vegetative by wood suckers or coppicing and is very successful in places. Viable seeds are produced after five years and dispersed by birds. |
| Countries: |
Native:
China; India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu); Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Is.); Philippines
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Sandalwood is a hemi-parasitic plant which is widely scattered in dry deciduous forests. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | Fire, grazing and most importantly exploitation of the wood for fine furniture and carving and also oil are threatening the species. Smuggling has assumed alarming proportions. |
| Conservation Actions: | Export of the timber is banned from India. |
| Citation: | Asian Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Viet Nam) 1998. Santalum album. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010. |
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