Girish Shahapurmath1* and Hanumatha, M.2
1,2Department of Natural Resource Management, College of Forestry, UASD, Sirsi–581 401, Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India
*Email: girishbshahapur@gmail.com
Received-05.03.2015, Revised-24.03.2015
Abstract: Sandal wood trees are medium sized hemiparasitic in nature falls under the same botanical family of European mistletoe with the notable members like Indian sandal wood (Santalum album) and Australian sandal wood (Santalum spicatum) which are found in India, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Australia, Indonesia, Hawai and other Pacific Islands. Indian sandalwoodis a threatened species and indigenous to South India and grows in the Western Ghats and a few other mountain ranges like the Kalrayan and Shevaroy Hills (Tamil Nadu, India). Sandalwood from the Mysore region of Karnataka and Marayoor forest in Kerala, Southern India is of high quality.
Keywords: Hemi-parasite, Mistletoe, Threatened species, Economic exploitation, Padma
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