A host-dependent tree
ICFRE-IWST describes sandalwood as hemi-parasitic. Suitable primary and long-term host plants are fundamental to establishment and growth.
High-value tree registry
Indian sandalwood
Santalum album L.
Create a long-term, periodically updated record of sandalwood trees, host plants, location, age, condition and verification status.
Research-backed starting points
What the institutional sources establish
Drainage matters
ICFRE-IWST states that sandalwood requires good drainage and does not tolerate waterlogged ground.
A long-term record
Tree count, source of seedlings, planting date, host plants, mortality, replacements, field photographs and verification history should be updated over time.
Regulated movement
Registration, felling, transit, possession, processing and sale requirements are state-specific and must be checked with the relevant Forest Department.
Farmer advisory
Use local guidance for field decisions.
AromaSetu does not guarantee maturity, heartwood, price or return, and a plantation record is not a harvesting or transit permit.
Explore the evidence map
See documented geographic focus for indian sandalwood.
This is an institutional evidence layer—not a map of registered AromaSetu farms.
Primary references
See where this information comes from.
Reviewed by AromaSetu on 26 July 2026.
Your crop, your record
Help build an authentic standing-crop registry.
Register the crop, keep its stage and expected harvest current, and preserve a useful history of field updates.