Pterocarpus santalinus

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	MAGNOLIOPSIDA	FABALES	LEGUMINOSAE

Scientific Name:

Species Authority:

Linn.f.

Common Name/s:

English

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Almug, Red Sandalwood, Saunderswood

Red List Category & Criteria:

Endangered B1+2de ver 2.3

Year Published:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s:

CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India (January 1997)

Reviewer/s:

Contributor/s:

History:

1997

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Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Range Description:	Red sandalwood is restricted to the southern parts of the Eastern Ghats.
Countries:	Native: India
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Habitat and Ecology:	Occurring in dry deciduous forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	The tree is commercially valuable for its timber and for the extraction of dye, medicine and cosmetics. It has been overexploited in the past.

Major Threat(s):

The tree is commercially valuable for its timber and for the extraction of dye, medicine and cosmetics. It has been overexploited in the past.

Conservation Actions:	International trade is now monitored through a CITES Appendix II listing and plantations are being established.

Conservation Actions:

International trade is now monitored through a CITES Appendix II listing and plantations are being established.

Citation:	CAMP Workshops on Medicinal Plants, India (January 1997) 1998. Pterocarpus santalinus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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