Steinmetz:Santalum
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Santalum album (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Santalaceae
- English Names
- White Sandalwood tree
- White Sanders tree
- Natural Habitat
- India
- Ceylon
- Indonesia (island of Sumba)
- Hawaiian Islands
- Malaya
- Philippines
- India
- East Africa
- Western Australia
- Part(s) Used
- Lignum Santali album (citrinum)
- Oleum ligni Santali (album)
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
- wood: diuretic
- antiseptic
- fumigatory; oil: antiseptic
- used in gonorrhoea and as a substitute for copaiba
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