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Red Sandalwood
Adenanthera pavonina
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenanthera_pavonina
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Photography Locations
Rashtrpathi Nilayam Hyderabad;
Singapore Botanical Garden
http://www.jedmaxseeds.com.au/products-page/seed-earrings/redbead-seed-adenanthera-pavonina-earrings-17c/
http://pravinsworld.blogspot.in/2010/03/manjadikkuru-lucky-redseed-known-as.html
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Red Sandalwood
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Native: India and
Southern China
Family: Mimosaceae
Height: 30m
Bipinnate Leaves
Common wayside tree
Young
Y
lleaves are
As seeds are edible people call it as

Food Tree
edible
Red Sandalwood
Adenanthera p
pavonina
Other Common Name: Coral-wood, Peacock

flower fence, Red bead tree, Saga tree
Hindi:
Rakt chandan,
Badi gumchi
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Marathi:
thi
Th l goonjj
Thorla
Tamil: Ani kundamani, Manjadi
Malayalam: Sem, Manchadi
Kannada: Ane golaganji
Telugu: Gurivenda, Enugaguruginji
Bengali: Ranjana
Gujarati: Badigumchi
Oriya: Sokakainjo
Synonym: Adenanthera gersenii,

Adenanthera polita, Corallaria
Sanskrit: Ksharaka, kunchandana, Tamraka
parvifolia
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Red Sandalwood
Adenanthera (ad-en-AN-ther-uh)
pavonina (pav-ON-ee-nuh)
The generic name Adenanthera comes from the Greek aden (a gland)
and anthera (anther),
(anther) referring to minute glands on the anthers
Its also called as Saga tree. Saga is derived from Arabic which means
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Mythology
Mythical story on Adenanthera

pavonina from ancient China about a
young wife. She missed her husband
who went out for battles. She often
cried under the tree in front of her
gate; her tears dried up, and blood
came out of her eyes. The blood
dyed the roots of the tree into red;
afterwards, small and red beans
began to grow on the tree, and the
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beans
were bead
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Red Sandalwood
Leaves are compound bipinnate, green when young,

turning yellow when old
Red Sandalwood
Tiny, yellowish, fragrant in dense drooping rat-tail like

flower heads
Sandalwood
Red
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Curved hanging green pods that turn brown, coil up and

split open as they ripen to reveal small bright red seeds
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Medicinal Uses
A red powder made from
the wood is used as an
antiseptic paste
Ground seeds are used to
treat boils and
inflammations
Decoction of the leaves is
gout and
used to treat g
rheumatism
Bark
B k was used
d to
t wash
h
hair
Red Sandalwood
Adenanthera
pavonina
Edible Uses
Red Sandal wood
Young leaves can be cooked

and eaten, but usually only
during famine
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Leaves
are used
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supplement for animal fodder,
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or mulched to fertilise crops
Seeds are roasted or boiled

and then eaten with rice which
taste like soy bean
Cooked seeds are rich in oil

and proteins and can be
easily digested by both
humans and livestock
Raw seeds are toxic and

may cause intoxication
Other uses
Seeds are used
As Beads in jewellery, leis

and rosaries
In ancient India for

weighing gold
seeds are curiously similar
in weight
g
Four seeds make up about
one gramme
Ground seeds can produce an

oil which was used as an
industrial lubricant
Children love the hard red

seeds and few can resist
collecting the brightly coloured
seeds usually littered under
the tree
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pavonina
Other uses
Hard, reddish wood is used to

make
k cabinets,
bi t often
ft
in
i place
l
off
true sandalwood
With exposure to light, the

wood
d iit slowly
l
l turns purplishli h
red
Red dye is obtained from the wood

and used by the Brahmins to make
religious markings on their
foreheads
Wood is extremely hard and used

in boat-building and making
furniture
Original kum-kum or sindoor

which Indian women wear in their
forehead is made from this bead.
bead
Red Sandalwood
Other uses
Wood is also valued as
firewood as it burns well
Tree re sprouts new
branches easily and so is
not damaged by
harvesting for firewood
In Malaysia and Indonesia,
Red Sandalwood
the trees also provided

shade and were planted as
"nurse trees" in coffee,
clove and rubber
plantations
Thank you
Red Sandalwood

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Red Sandalwood

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As seeds are edible people call it as

Other Common Name: Coral-wood, Peacock

Tamil: Ani kundamani, Manjadi

Malayalam: Sem, Manchadi

Kannada: Ane golaganji

Telugu: Gurivenda, Enugaguruginji

Synonym: Adenanthera gersenii,

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Mythical story on Adenanthera

Leaves are compound bipinnate, green when young,

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Tiny, yellowish, fragrant in dense drooping rat-tail like

Curved hanging green pods that turn brown, coil up and

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Red Sandal wood

Young leaves can be cooked

Seeds are roasted or boiled

Cooked seeds are rich in oil

Raw seeds are toxic and

Seeds are used

As Beads in jewellery, leis

In ancient India for

Ground seeds can produce an

Children love the hard red

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Hard, reddish wood is used to

With exposure to light, the

Red dye is obtained from the wood

Wood is extremely hard and used

Original kum-kum or sindoor

In Malaysia and Indonesia,

the trees also provided

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